formatting

[ananyasinghal]

hi
I want to format vista home premium 64 bit as it has virus in System32, but i didn't get any dvd/cd for that.I have a drive maintained for recovery.Tell me the steps to recover from this drive.HELP
ananya

 

[whs]

hi
I want to format vista home premium 64 bit as it has virus in System32, but i didn't get any dvd/cd for that.I have a drive maintained for recovery.Tell me the steps to recover from this drive.HELP
ananya

What is the make of your PC. The recovery procedure from the recovery partition is somewhat different from make to make.

E.g. for an HP, you just press F11 which gets you to the recovery wizard. But for a Gateway or Emachines, this is the procedure:

1. Copy all your own files and folders to an external storage (Disc, USB stick even SD card - 1 GByte capacity should be ample - even 512 MB)
2. Shut the PC off
3. Turn the PC back on and keep hitting the F8 key repeatedly until the Advanced Boot Option Screen appears
4. Click "Repair Your Computer" –if you are not already on it, use the up and down arrows to maneuver to it and then press ENTER
5. Next you have to pick your country and click OK
6. On the "System Recovery Options Screen" click "Restore Application" (last option)
7. Follow the on-screen instructions
8. When prompted, click on "Full Factory Recovery"
9. Click "Next"
10. Click "Yes"
11. Go and have a cup of coffee - don't touch anything - for a while it seems like nothing is happening
12. After many minutes, recovery will complete and you click "Finish"

For Acer, Dell or Toshiba, I have the procedures too, but they are different again. Important is in any case that you save your data first.