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Colmrulz · Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 11:52 am Post subject: Formatting Help Needed.

Hey Guys,

ok, straight to the point,
A friend of mine got a virus or something stupid on their Dell Pc.
the virus stops them from entering Windows & causes BSOD.

Being the computer knowing guy around, I said id have a look.

I want to format the Computer without having to use any CDs & such, this had happened to my own computer before & the Dell people (from a beach in India) told me to press something like Alt + F12, but I cant remember what exactly.

can anyone help? (also, Safe Mode isnt working, trust me, ive tried)
anyone who can give me a little help will get rep, & I may even continue to Rep Very Happy

Thanks in Advance

Localhost · Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 1:17 pm Post subject:

Get a windows CD and format it.

Burn Linux Ubuntu onto a CD, pop it in, go to the LiveCD desktop mod, open gparted. Format it.

92Garfield · Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 1:25 pm Post subject:

i got a cd with a program called parted magic its very user-friendly

Lilxkid224 · Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 1:26 pm Post subject: Re: Formatting Help Needed.

SFP+ · Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 2:16 pm Post subject:

I know HP has some reset-functionality which exists for some Dell computers as well. It says in the POST where you press to go to it.
If that doesn't work there are no other options than to format it.

Colmrulz · Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 3:31 pm Post subject:

all very helpful, but I know theres something I can press upon start up to show a format option, just cant remember,

the people at Dell often like to charge like 20 euro for an answer to a question like this..so wont be ringing them.

anything I can download, stick on a disk & slot it in?

(thanks for this btw, REP still up on offer)

callaw · Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 5:10 pm Post subject:

Lilxkid224 · Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 10:16 pm Post subject:

Localhost · Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 10:46 pm Post subject:

Linux LiveCD.

superweapons · Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 1:15 am Post subject:

Colmrulz · Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 7:38 am Post subject:

Thanks guys but I found the answer myself (Ctrl + F11) thanks anyway, em...who should I REP?