Alrighty, lying around the house we have 3 completely shot computers. From trojans, viruses, whatever. So I have taken it upon myself to... well... fix them. I figure this is probably the best place to look for advice for such a project, since you're all computery people I have 2 compaq's and a dell to work with. I'm pretty sure 2 of them wont even really turn on, the screen just goes black. I just wanna completely wipe out the harddrive and start fresh. I have NO idea what steps to take, how to wipe it off, or where to find boot/recovery disks (online, im guessing)... Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
so apparently im gonna need boot disks and um.. recovery disks? zee bootdisks I can get from bootdisk.com or w/e, but my question is.. does it need to be specific at all to the computer, or just general? the recovery disk needs to be specific right? anyone know where I can get recovery disks for a dell and 2 compaq's?
When you're starting one of the computers, hold down F8 when it says "Starting Windows" or whatever. Select command prompt only. once you get into the command prompt type format c: <enter> after thats all done install some CD drivers if necessary. install an operating system. all done
