Re: How do I reformat C drive on a dell?

"Zub Zero" <Zubzero@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi,
A friend crashed his computer. It is a Dell Demensia with windows
home edition. He has all the Dell disks that came with his computer.
I know that Dell does not provide a XP full program disk. It is on
lots of separate disks .
Have a happy New Year!
Thanks in advance

If it's like my Toshiba laptop, the disks you speak of are recovery disks.
Mine has three disks - I load the first disk in the CD drive, the system
boots from the disk, and then I just follow the prompts until the system is
restored, it's a very easy process. The system is restored to the condition
it was in when purchased. Any XP updates that were installed in the past
will have to be installed again.


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