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Sometimes, either because you have reason to suspect they had the virus has damaged the system permanently, for Your PC becomes slower than in the past to be, or even just as a regular maintenance practice, reformat the computer may be a useful way to "clear the clutter and find all the calculation speed of the PC used to have when you changed the first time. This article provides an easy step by step process to ensure that a change in format uniform.

As a first step, check you have a copy of the operating system to install, and all the installation files of programs you need most of or at least make sure you know where to look. You should back up all data on your primary hard disk (s). Save all important files (an "election insurance "is to safeguard the entire C: \ Documents and Settings \ Windows and / home on Linux) for an optical drive or an external USB drive – the latter case, remember to properly dismantle and remove the disk before rebooting the system. Consider including in the backup files application also more important and a file containing your email. If this is your first time to reformat the computer, it is always best to take at least a day or two to ensure that agreed important file in the backup.

When you are sure that "good news to go the next step, insert the CD / DVD Operating System of their choice and reboot. If nothing happens (for example, the computer restarts normally), this means it is the first step to something else when you restart, check the initial messages, press the right button to enter the setup boot device (usually the F7 button, but depends on the system underlying) and select the CD-ROM as first boot device in which – you may want to reduce this value after you finish changing the format).

At this point, your system will boot from the CD-ROM. Follow the instructions carefully, especially when you are invited to format the hard disk and delete all files it contains – if you are sure that all data is securely stored and backed up, continue with the installation of the operating system. This usually takes one or two hours and requires a certain amount of user settings (including the allocation of the keyboard, the system language, time, user names and passwords …).

Once installed the system, you can remove the CD-ROM. You can restart the computer to change a setting so that even if you miss a CD-ROM into the drive, your PC doing things is not decoration – for that, beyond the simple instructions. Now all you have to do is simply take your backup drive and copy all data in the new system. Install all the software you need either Internet installers, and then restart again (most of the facilities of the programs require a reboot). If you're running Windows, which could be a good idea to install anti-virus as soon as possible.

If you've followed these steps carefully, their new system should be operational in nine!

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