Steps to reformat a
personal computer
1.
Start your pc and press key F2, F12 or delete key
(Depends on your PC model).
2.
Your PC will boot from CD and windows
installation will start. Press Enter at this screen.
3.
Accept License agreement by pressing F8 key.
4.
Delete
the partitions.
5.
Create the partitions.
6.
Define
the size of partitions.
7.
Now select your desired partition for
installation of Windows XP and press enter.
8.
Choose to format the partition. Choose
NTFS file system quick.
9.
Setup will format the partition.
10. After formatting, setup will start copying
files on to the hard disk.
11. After copying of files, setup will start
installing Windows.
12. Select desired language and regional
settings, when prompted by setup.
13. Enter windows key.
14. Type a name for your computer.
15. Select time and date settings and time zone
according to your country.
16. Provide network settings for networking pc's
or select typical settings and press enter.
17. Setup will install devices and register
components.
18. After completion setup will do a cleanup of
files and will restart your pc automatically. At this stage you can remove
CD from drive.
What
is disk partitioning?
Disk
partitioning is
the creation of one or more regions on a hard disk or
other secondary storage, so that an operating system can manage
information in each region separately.
Partitioning is typically the
first step of preparing a newly manufactured disk, before any files
or directories have been created.
Remember:
1 KB = thousand bytes
1 MB =
million bytes
1 GB =
billion bytes
1
TB =
trillion bytes
Remember:
1 KB = 1024 bytes
1 MB =
1024 KB
1 GB =
1024 MB
1 TB =
1024 GB
