format but keep the os


  1. Internet Badass
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    format but keep the os


    I want to erase everything on my computer but the os, and i dont have recovery disc. is there a way? and im on windows xp (a different computer than my system specs). halp please.
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  3. richc46
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    The best way to do that is to return to factory specs. Either you recd a DVD with computer or a certain f key during boot will return the computer to the way it was when your brought it home. Everything else is gone.
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