Formatting without getting any Windows.old

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silenzer

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My friend wiped my friend's computer on a Vista installer by choosing "load drivers" or something in the partition screen and then pressing format. I can't find this anywhere, or what I mean is there are no drivers to load. When I try to format, I can only format so that my computer saves a Windows.old file. Does that get rid of viruses? Does it get rid of a slow computer?

Thanks! This forum here I find extremely helpful btw. I love you! For my previous problems

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ballz?
Hi.
Boot to the DVD to install. When it asks you where to install to, hit advanced. Choose the drive you want to install to and tell it to format then.
 

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self built
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7600.20510 x86
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P4 550 3.4 GHz HT running at 3.5 GHz
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MSI PM8M3-V (MS-7211 v1.x) Micro-ATX mainboard
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OCZ 2 GB(2x1GB) DDR400mHz running @ 414 mHz
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torrentg said:
Hi.
Boot to the DVD to install. When it asks you where to install to, hit advanced. Choose the drive you want to install to and tell it to format then.
Click to expand...

Yea but that only gives me the option to save my previous files to a windows.old file... does that completely get rid of viruses and a slow computer?
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
??
OS
Win7 Ultimate
CPU
Intel Core Duo e8400
Motherboard
MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD P45 Neo-F
Memory
4GB Corsair Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 401MHz
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
Monitor(s) Displays
Acer V223W
Screen Resolution
1680x1050
Hard Drives
200GB Western Digitial WDC ATA
Keyboard
A4 Tech USB
Mouse
Razer Deathadder
Internet Speed
6mb/s
Other Info
ballz?
silenzer said:
torrentg said:
Hi.
Boot to the DVD to install. When it asks you where to install to, hit advanced. Choose the drive you want to install to and tell it to format then.
Click to expand...

Yea but that only gives me the option to save my previous files to a windows.old file... does that completely get rid of viruses and a slow computer?
Click to expand...





If you follow the above advice, you will be starting fresh. Just like when your computer was new, only better; no bloat.
 

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Dell
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richc46 said:
silenzer said:
torrentg said:
Hi.
Boot to the DVD to install. When it asks you where to install to, hit advanced. Choose the drive you want to install to and tell it to format then.
Click to expand...

Yea but that only gives me the option to save my previous files to a windows.old file... does that completely get rid of viruses and a slow computer?
Click to expand...





If you follow the above advice, you will be starting fresh. Just like when your computer was new, only better; no bloat.
Click to expand...
Okay, I tried that, but now when the computer reboots for the first time, after the Windows logo loading screen the screen goes to a lower resolution and gets stuck in a black screen. Is this normal?
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
??
OS
Win7 Ultimate
CPU
Intel Core Duo e8400
Motherboard
MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD P45 Neo-F
Memory
4GB Corsair Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 401MHz
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
Monitor(s) Displays
Acer V223W
Screen Resolution
1680x1050
Hard Drives
200GB Western Digitial WDC ATA
Keyboard
A4 Tech USB
Mouse
Razer Deathadder
Internet Speed
6mb/s
Other Info
ballz?
Change your bios to boot from the HDD and it should be alright continuing with install.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
self built
OS
7600.20510 x86
CPU
P4 550 3.4 GHz HT running at 3.5 GHz
Motherboard
MSI PM8M3-V (MS-7211 v1.x) Micro-ATX mainboard
Memory
OCZ 2 GB(2x1GB) DDR400mHz running @ 414 mHz
Graphics Card(s)
HIS Radeon HD 3850 IceQ 3 Turbo HDMI Dual DL-DVI AGP
Sound Card
MOTU Traveler firewire studio interface 192 kHz 24 bit
Monitor(s) Displays
22" widescreen Acer X223W LCD, 17" Compaq P75 CRT
Screen Resolution
1680x1050 and 1280x1024
Hard Drives
SATA I x2 WD, 400 GB and 120 GB, SATA 2 WD Caviar Black 1 TB
PSU
350W generic
Case
Cybertronpc, it glows blue
Cooling
stock cpu fan, Ice-Q 3 gpu and system, many case fans
Keyboard
Logitch Classical Keyboard 200
Mouse
Logitech Mediaplay cordless
Internet Speed
1792/448 kbits/sec
Other Info
SATA II PCI fake RAID adapter, 1 GB Readyboost, original ATI Remote Wonder (even works with WMC perfectly), Logitech Rumblepad 2 game controller x2
Did you actually boot from the DVD to install, or run it from the OS?

If you had booted from the DVD, it would have told you to "hit any key to boot from DVD" and then loaded the Win7 installer.

As stated above, you would then have the Custom choice offering Advanced drive tools which allow you to delete, create and format partitions. This is the cleanest of all possible installs.
 
gregrocker said:
Did you actually boot from the DVD to install, or run it from the OS?

If you had booted from the DVD, it would have told you to "hit any key to boot from DVD" and then loaded the Win7 installer.

As stated above, you would then have the Custom choice offering Advanced drive tools which allow you to delete, create and format partitions. This is the cleanest of all possible installs.
Click to expand...

I did all of this but I still have a windows.old file after it finished... should I delete it?
 

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OS
windows 7 home premium 64bit.
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