How do i wipe my laptop

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by raygt13, Jun 14, 2006.

  1. raygt13

    raygt13 Private E-2

    i have a laptop with XP on it i want to wipe it out to fatory settings with just xp but i dont have the reinstall disc how do i go about wiping it out?
     
  2. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    Create a boot disc ....reboot with disc and at a prompt cd/c format
     
  3. thesmokingun

    thesmokingun MajorGeek

    what kind of laptop is it? some computer manufacturers now put their restore software on another partition on the hard drive.
     
  4. Hipster Doofus

    Hipster Doofus MajorGeek

    If you don't have the disc or a partition to reinstall XP then there is not much you can do till you get one.
     

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