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clearing hard drive

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  • 31-07-2013 11:54am
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    Noteckguy
    Registered Users Posts: 1 ✭


    i have a old acer aspire 5050. about a week ago i turned it on and it went to windows startup repair, after trying to fix the problem it said there was a damaged file and it could not be fixed. i am now stuck at this point and cant get by it. is there any way of wiping the hard drive without getting by the startup repair i dont mind losing any data on the hard drive. i have no windows repair cd


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    looking_around
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    Does the harddrive have a partition? If so, you could try doing a re-instal from that partition.

    Re-formatting and re-installing is easier with a disk. Any chance you could borrow one from someone?
    If it has a partition, you could try formatting the main C part. (Either directly on your PC or true another PC. ) And then see if you can do anything from the partition.

    You might find it easier to go to a local tech shop. They'll have disks and you should be able to haggle the price with them.


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