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How to erase my hard drive and start over
DIR By: ilyass
Date: January 30, 2017, 1:36 pm
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Please help admin how can I erase my hard drive and start over
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Re: How to erase my hard drive and start over
DIR By: admin
Date: January 30, 2017, 1:51 pm
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[html]<img src='
HTML http://cdn.computerhope.com/hard-drive.jpg'/><br
/><p><b>Notice:</b> Remember that following the steps below
will erase all of the information on your hard
drive and make it like new. Once the steps below have
been completed, you will not be able to reverse the
steps if you want to recover possible lost data. <p>
<b>Erasing the hard drive and reinstalling Windows</b>
<p><b>Windows 10</b> <p>1. Open the <b>Start Menu.</b> <p> 2.
Select the <b>Settings</b> option. <p>3. In the <b>Settings
window,</b> select the <b>Update & security option</b>. <p>4.
Select the <b>Recovery</b> option in the left navigation pane.
<p>5. Click the <b>Get Started</b> button in the <b>"Reset this
PC"</b> section. <p>6. Choose either the Keep my files or Remove
everything option, depending if you want to preserve your
personal files or delete everything and start over. <p>7.
Follow the prompts to begin the recovery process.<p>Windows will
be reset, either keeping your personal files intact or
erasing everything, depending on the option you selected.
<p> <b>Windows 8</b> <p>1. Press the Windows key plus the "C"
key to open the Charms menu. <p>2. Select the Search option and
type reinstall in the Search text field (do not press Enter).
<p>3. Select the Settings option. <p>4. On the left side of the
screen, select Remove everything and reinstall Windows.
<p>5. On the "Reset your PC" screen, click Next. <p>6. On the
"Do you want to fully clean your drive" screen, select Just
remove my files to do a quick deletion or select Fully clean the
drive to have all files erased. <p>7. On the "Ready to reset
your PC" screen, click Reset. <p>The hard drive will be erased
and Windows 8 will be reinstalled. <p><b>Windows 7 and
Vista</b> <p>1. Insert the Windows 7/Vista installation CD in
the CD-ROM drive and restart the computer. <p>2. When you
see the message "Press any key to boot from CD," press a key on
the keyboard. <p>3. Press the Enter key at the Windows Setup
welcome screen. <p>4. When prompted, press any key on your
keyboard. <p>5. On the "Install Windows" page, select your
preferred language and other preferences, then click Next.
<p>6. On the License Agreement page, accept the terms and
agreements and click Next. <p>7. On the Installation Type
screen, choose the Custom option. <p>8. Select the Drive Options
(advanced) option. <p>9. For Disk 0, delete all partitions. When
all partitions have been deleted, you should see a single
entry named "Unallocated space." <p>10. Click on Disk 0 and
select Next. <p>The Windows installation process will
start by creating a new partition, formatting
the partition, and installing Windows on the hard drive.
The formatting process will erase the hard drive before
installing Windows.[/html]
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