Need to wipe my computer

[Gunner]

It is maybe a year and a half old but im the person that downloads anything that pops up, well my computer is not working to well. Can anyone help me out with wiping it or getting me a copy of windows 7 and Microsoft office.

[00tec]

What kind of PC is it?

[DSB OUTDOORS]

PM Bytestryke!! He's a wiz at that schtuff!! [Beer]

[Gunner]

What kind of PC is it?

Its a Toshiba Portege R705

[Ridge]

Did your computer come with CDs?

[Gunner]

What kind of PC is it?

Im sure it did....... but if I still have them they are at my parents house in Highlands Ranch. When I got it BestBuy had already set it up

[00tec]

If your restore partition is intact, do this
http://en.kioskea.net/forum/affich-58528-reset-toshiba-laptop-to-factory-settings

[Byte Stryke]

PM Bytestryke!! He's a wiz at that schtuff!! [Beer]


Shipping and Handling would kill him

I'm Sure he can find a local guy to help him out for beers

[cstone]

Boot the computer with a Linux live CD. Copy your data over to an external drive. Wipe the original drive with DBAN, which is another live CD. Run two different virus scans against your data on the external drive and weed out any files which pop up as infected. Reload your drive with your OS and keep your data on either a separate partition or preferably another drive. Backup your data at least weekly or more frequently if it is really important.

Time consuming, but not difficult.

Backups - its not a matter of if but when. [Flower]

Be safe.

[DSB OUTDOORS]

Shipping and Handling would kill him

I'm Sure he can find a local guy to help him out for beers
Ahh come on Byte, I know your better than that!! You can send him a PM and fix him up right as rain! When are you comming back or are ya??