okay i have the recovery disk at home and i really want to reformat my laptop cuz well a lot of shit has happened. i know that i have to burn some backup disk but... what do i put in it? if i reformat my laptop do i have to reinstall all those AMD and stuff that came with it or what?
i have no idea what i'm doing. thanks guys,
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Started by student, Aug 21 2006 12:40 AM
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Posted 21 August 2006 - 05:18 AM
copy anything that you don't have a disk for or don't know where to find on the net.
then format away
then format away
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Posted 21 August 2006 - 06:19 AM
You've gotta come to terms with the fact that you're only going to remember about 75% of everything you want to keep, no matter how much you try to remember everything. Just do as Ashe said, burn everything you can think of to CDs or copy to a storage space, and then format. The recovery disk should take care of the rest, but you might be better off installing straight from an OEM operating system disc and upgrading from there... depends on how comfortable with computers you are.
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Posted 21 August 2006 - 07:41 AM
dont forget to save your porn
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Posted 21 August 2006 - 10:41 AM
i dont have porn lougan,
thanks keith but mesa not so good with comp tech. should i burn those things that are already inside the computer? or the graphic card files and stuff?
thanks keith but mesa not so good with comp tech. should i burn those things that are already inside the computer? or the graphic card files and stuff?
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Posted 21 August 2006 - 11:09 AM
QUOTE(Lougan @ Aug 21 2006, 09:41 AM) 
dont forget to save your porn
well, duh
laptops are tricky, you should be able ust ot install from the disk...don't worry about system files, just things you don't want to lose like schoolwork and shit like that.
if you have an actual Windows disk (as opposed to a disc that had "Gateway Recovery Disk" or something) then install from that (saves from some extra crap being put on the machine)
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Posted 20 September 2006 - 07:47 PM
Save your personal files, things that are irreplaceable.
Everything else can be downloaded from the intertubes.
Everything else can be downloaded from the intertubes.
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Posted 20 September 2006 - 09:23 PM
I have Rubicon to save all my files.
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I dont throw things away
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I dont throw things away
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Posted 20 September 2006 - 10:46 PM
I rarely throw things away. As a result, I have to buy a lot of hard drives. About one a year, as a matter of fact.
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Posted 21 September 2006 - 05:57 AM
QUOTE(student @ Aug 21 2006, 12:40 AM)
i really want to reformat my laptop cuz well a lot of shit has happened.
QUOTE(student @ Aug 21 2006, 10:41 AM)
i dont have porn lougan,
can i just say these two statements do not compute.
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Posted 21 September 2006 - 12:34 PM
Hey, now. I look at porn all the time, and a lot of shit hasn't happened to my computer.
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Posted 21 September 2006 - 05:46 PM
HALP MY CURSOR IS MOVING BY ITSELF!!!
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