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Formatting HDD

ryanmatty · 2011-08-29 01:58:23

Hi lads just looking for some help ere. I have a laptop that im giving to someone. Just looking for some help on formatting it. Im giving it to d nephew and id like to fully format it before id give it to him so he has full use of the hdd in it. i want to format the hdd before i reinstall windows on it for him. What d best…

29-08-2011 1:58am

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ryanmatty

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Hi lads just looking for some help ere. I have a laptop that im giving to someone. Just looking for some help on formatting it. Im giving it to d nephew and id like to fully format it before id give it to him so he has full use of the hdd in it. i want to format the hdd before i reinstall windows on it for him. What d best way to do this? any help on this is thanked.

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#2 29-08-2011 2:14am

smokiebeverage

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During the install of the OS it will show you the layout of the HDD partitions, just remove the partion(s) and make one single partition, the installer will format the drive for you and it will install a fresh version of the OS

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