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Ba'al
Title: Zerg Zergling
Joined: Mar 02 2008
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Like, turn it back into the default stuff you got when you first booted the PC up? It's how I saved my laptop last time it got a virus that kept it from booting up to the main screen properly.
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Probable Muppet
Joined: Aug 05 2008
Location: CA
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Do a fresh installation of windows. I assume that you have a disc that came with your computer. Just boot from CD.
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Ba'al
Title: Zerg Zergling
Joined: Mar 02 2008
Location: Uranus
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Well, it worked like system restore somehow. I remember my uncle pressing some keys during startup that made it go into some restore session.
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Probable Muppet
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Location: CA
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| Ba‘al wrote: |
| Well, it worked like system restore somehow. I remember my uncle pressing some keys during startup that made it go into some restore session. |
Usually you tap F8 or F11 on boot, depends on your BIOs.
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Ba'al
Title: Zerg Zergling
Joined: Mar 02 2008
Location: Uranus
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Ah, alright. I knew I wasn't crazy about there being a way to restore to default....
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Ross Rifle
Title: Rock N Roll God
Joined: Oct 29 2006
Location: Chilliwack, BC
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You do it very gently with a dry cloth
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username
Title: owner of a lonely heart
Joined: Jul 06 2007
Location: phoenix, az usa
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how do you wipe a PC?
front to back, or back to front is my guess
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MOGHARR
Title: The Original CandyWafer
Joined: Apr 05 2007
Location: Under Jolly Roger
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Head to toe, you're good to go. Toe to head, everyone's dead.
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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
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| Ba‘al wrote: |
| Like, turn it back into the default stuff you got when you first booted the PC up? It's how I saved my laptop last time it got a virus that kept it from booting up to the main screen properly. |
You need to have the original installation source that came with your computer or you will need to purchase new media.
Ultimately your goal is to have a new installation of Windows.
You will need to reboot the computer and boot off of the media. If it is a CD you will want to press F2, DEL or F12 to launch the setup/boot selection. Once you boot to the CD you will want to follow the instructions.
If you can provide more details about what type of restore media you have, I can help you out a bit.
You might have Restore CDs, Windows CD, a backup partition on the hard drive, etc...
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Ba'al
Title: Zerg Zergling
Joined: Mar 02 2008
Location: Uranus
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I think there was a backup portion on the hard drive, I don't remember my uncle using a disk on my laptop.
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Murdar Machene
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Title: bimmy
Joined: Nov 06 2005
Location: the black warriors turf
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That's not how you wipe a computer at all, you all suck ass.
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FNJ
2010 SLF Tag Champ
Joined: Jun 07 2006
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back up your .Dik4 files first.
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Murdar Machene
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You all sound like my idiot stoner friend who says, "I PUT THE CD IN AND HIT ENTER THROUGH ALL THE MENUS AND IT DIDN'T WORK, HURR."
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FNJ
2010 SLF Tag Champ
Joined: Jun 07 2006
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"I thought that was a cup holder."
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Nekkoru
Title: Polish Pickle Wench
Joined: Jan 25 2008
Location: Warsaw, Poland
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Wave a powerful magnet over your hard drive. There, no more illegal porn or downloaded music.
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You should totally check out the IRC channel.
While you're at it, go check out my band, Her Majesty's Heroines.
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docinsano
Title: Boner King
Joined: Jan 08 2008
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| Murdar Machene wrote: |
| That's not how you wipe a computer at all, you all suck ass. |
Yeah, you have to use a dry, damp cloth, right?
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Syd Lexia
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Title: Pop Culture Junkie
Joined: Jul 30 2005
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Why do you need to wipe it? Afraid the FBI party van is headed your way?
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FNJ
2010 SLF Tag Champ
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oh my god.
copypasta? syd talking about the party van?
THIS IS MADNESS!
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Ba'al
Title: Zerg Zergling
Joined: Mar 02 2008
Location: Uranus
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| Syd Lexia wrote: |
| Why do you need to wipe it? Afraid the FBI party van is headed your way? |
Mostly as backup knowledge in case a virus gets on my laptop and keeps me from booting up since it happened before, but it could easily just be me being paranoid.
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Nekkoru
Title: Polish Pickle Wench
Joined: Jan 25 2008
Location: Warsaw, Poland
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You could write a simple program that's in the background the whole time you're using the PC, and when Partyvan knocks on your door, you press a complex button combination (Shift Control Alt P, for example) and WHIRRR... your data goes bye-bye.
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You should totally check out the IRC channel.
While you're at it, go check out my band, Her Majesty's Heroines.
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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
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| Nekkoru wrote: |
| You could write a simple program that's in the background the whole time you're using the PC, and when Partyvan knocks on your door, you press a complex button combination (Shift Control Alt P, for example) and WHIRRR... your data goes bye-bye. |
Or you could create a bomb that is set off by a cell phone and tell the Partyvan people to call it.
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