Help reformatting computer

[Roc-a-fella]

My comp. didnt come with windows XP CD so how would i go about reformatting it?

[COLD]

Did you just recently purchase it? A friend of mine just purchased a system and got a virus not 10 minutes after getting on the net and it locked him up so he had to reformat. He didn't get a restore disc either. He had to call some support number and some cat in India talked him thru the steps. I guess there is a backup image somewhere on the HD that it copies from. Anyways, look for a support number. I know this doesn't help much. Srry :)

[Roc-a-fella]

i got it probobly a year ago and i think i have some real nasty spyware that i cant get rid of and there may be a virus so i wanto reformat it, does anyone else know howto reformat without the CD thats not like..... something a rocket scientist will haveto do. I know i goto backup aything i want

[BloodLetting]

well My new comp is the same no CD
There is a program (some weird one never seen before) however on the computer that reformats it for me..
Also in that same program it gave me an option to create my own CD or DVD in case it so fubared I cant get to that program...
Hope that helps

[Roc-a-fella]

Do you know what the program is called?

[BloodLetting]

Well Ill look at lunch wich Im taking in about 10 min
When I get back if noone helped you yet Ill post it
But I bet it is different for everycomputer maker
Like mine is Sony but Ill still find out for you...
But you know it was just one that I found in start/all programs I was just looking at what was on my computer and clicked it... And there it was
It asked me if I wasnted to reformat or make a compy of my OS

[Roc-a-fella]

Hmm ill look around my computer a bit..

[tiikeri]

Adaware helps with spyware.. u can get it from http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/

Grab a nortonAV to check ur viruses (or some else)

But formating..... i think thats quite harsh to do without CD :)

Could u be more specific how does ur comp act? Like it's very slow etc?
Perhaps try google to find some "registry cleaner" like windows has the bad habit of collecting unnessesary shit over there. Defrag ur harddrives etc..

++ If you really want to format it.. i'd recomend u get that CD from some place.. *aheam..not telling u to grab one of those nice downloading softwares* *blink blink*

But go for the adaware + viruscheck + registry cleaner + defrag.. might help a bit.

[Glok]

When you first turn the computer on, there should be something at the bottom of the screen like 'F11 change boot order' or something similar. That should let you select the locked drive that has the disk image for reformatting on it.

Well, many new computers do it this way anyways...

[Roc-a-fella]

when i start it up theres a buncha progs in the ctrl-alt-del window that i dont know, one is FIREDAEMON.exe that comes up as some error... it just pisses me off but ill try some of those cleaners and defrag my comp, i have adaware

[Cypher_Psy]

If you don't already have it I recommend Spybot Search & Destroy http://www.spybot.info/en/index.html as well as using ad-aware. ;)

[tiikeri]

http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/firedaemon/

firedaemon - firedaemon.exe - Process Information

Process File: firedaemon or firedaemon.exe
Process Name: Firedaemon
Description: Application that works in the background and allows a user to install and run any other suitable application as a Windows NT or 2000 service.
Company: Sublime Solutions
System Process: No
Security Risk ( Virus/Trojan/Worm/Adware/Spyware ): No
Common Errors: N/A

And svchost

Process File: svchost or svchost.exe
Process Name: Service Host Process
Description: Application that works as a host process for services that run from dynamic link libraries.
Company: Microsoft Corp.
System Process: Yes
Security Risk ( Virus/Trojan/Worm/Adware/Spyware ): No
Common Errors: N/A

And it sounds like ur registryfile is messed up.
I checked for one (http://download.registry-clean.net/download/registry-clean-expert.exe) but haven't tried it. And i think it's shareware..
Don't have time to search for more :) gtg back to work... Hope it helps your computer.

[Roc-a-fella]

that is a bad trial, it only optioned to clean 2 of the selected problems and i had like 100's... If you can find another one that's free and will clean all the shit at the same time that would be awesome,

[Chaos81]

Make a boot disk:

http://www.bootdisk.com/

put it in your A drive and let it boot to c prompt and format.

[Glok]

Make a boot disk:

http://www.bootdisk.com/

put it in your A drive and let it boot to c prompt and format.That is a really really bad idea if he has no windows disk. O_o

[Veko]

What brand of computer do you have??

HP
Compaq
Emachine
????