Saturday, January 12, 2008

Step by Step - Formatting Hard Disk (Part I)

This tutorial aims to be a guide for computer users to learn "How to reformat their Hard disk properly; thereafter optimizing it to prevent viruses and other spyware".


Every so often you should reformat your computer just to keep your computer running to the best of its ability.

Before We Start (Check List)

Before reformatting, you should first Back Up everything onto CD, DVD or any type of high capacity removable media.

You can use burning softwares such as:

- Nero 8
- Deep Burner (Free)
- CDBurnerXP (Free)

You should test the back up before you begin to uninstall everything in the computer to make sure there are no problems that will arise that you didn't expect.

  • Have all drivers and Operating System Disc (eg. XP CD)


  • Where can you get your computer's driver? It did not come with my computer ...

    For Acer users, please visit Drivers and Downloads to download the necessary Drivers
    For Fujitsu Users, please visit Support and Downloads to download the necessary Drivers


    100% Must Drivers (A-Z)

    - Audio Driver
    - Graphic Card
    - LAN Drivers
    - Wireless LAN (For Laptops)

    Ready to Reformat???


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