Punkrider Posted January 27, 2006 Report Share Posted January 27, 2006 My computer is slowly dying, and it is starting to get annoying, would formatting it help at all?I have all the discs it came with, is it easy to do, or how much would it cost to get someone to do it roughly?Thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_P Posted January 27, 2006 Report Share Posted January 27, 2006 LOL do not pay someone to do it.If you can save your data or you dont car about loosing it then just right click on my computer>manage> storage> your drive and then format. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nb88 Posted January 27, 2006 Report Share Posted January 27, 2006 You can also do it by booting from your windows disc, just follow the steps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punkrider Posted January 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2006 LOL do not pay someone to do it.If you can save your data or you dont car about loosing it then just right click on my computer>manage> storage> your drive and then format. If i do that will i have to re-install drivers and stuff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haz Posted January 27, 2006 Report Share Posted January 27, 2006 Have you tryed de-fragging? I'd do that first really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Clark Posted January 28, 2006 Report Share Posted January 28, 2006 Defragging doesn't tend to do much in this day and age of fast computers apparantly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomturd Posted January 28, 2006 Report Share Posted January 28, 2006 If i do that will i have to re-install drivers and stuff? When you format it wipes everything from your computer, drivers and all.If you have the disks which came with the computer, the drivers will be on them. You've probably got a 'restore' disk, in which case put it in the cd drive, press restart and follow the steps - very simple should take 1 or 2 hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tank_rider Posted January 29, 2006 Report Share Posted January 29, 2006 Defragging doesn't tend to do much in this day and age of fast computers apparantly.it doesn't make as big a difference as when hard drives were comparatively slow, but due to everyone being used to faster computers these days, it does still make a noticeable difference. It's recommended that you defrag about once a week to keep everything ship shape and in order, it's doing small things like that regularly that keeps you from having to format every 6 months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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