How to Reformat a PC?

Most of the people right now do know how to use their Desktops or Notebooks but most of us don’t know how to reformat their Desktop or Notebook. If your Personal Computer or Notebook is branded then you don’t have to read this article. It is only for those people who manually assemble their Personal Computer.



I will teach you how to reformat your Personal Computer step by step. This does not requires expert technical skills just to reformat your Personal Computer. First, we need to prepare things needed for us to reformat your Personal Computer. You must have the following materials:



* DVD-ROM

* Microsoft Windows XP CD/Vista DVD

* Product Key for your Operating System (you will be able to find on the sticker which was provided by Microsoft or you can check on your CD/DVD case)



Next is you need to configure your bios to boot directly to your DVD. There are different ways to configure your bios because there are different kinds of bios. I hope you can just get my idea. If you are confused, just try to ask me. Here are the steps:



1. Turn on your Personal Computer. When you see the prompt that you need to press a key to enter setup, please press the appropriate key.

2. Go to Boot Menu (most likely it is found 2nd to the last menu). And configure the Boot Configuration and make sure that the DVD-ROM is on top of the boot sequence.

3. Save your settings and exit bios.



Now your bios settings is set and next thing is on reformatting your Personal Computer. Here are the steps to reformat your Personal Computer:



1. Insert the Microsft Windows XP CD/Vista DVD to your DVD-ROM before your system boots up.

2. It will ask you to press any key to boot for the CD/DVD. Press any key to access it.



After that, you will be able to see easy instructions to follow and just follow them your Personal Computer will be reformatted approximately 30 minutes to 1 hour.