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    Reformat with Partitions

    okay nevermind..I got it to work I believe through using a custom boot up disk we used when we first booted up the comp. Dang OEM hard drives... All is well, goodnight! ANANDTECH FTW
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    Reformat with Partitions

    Edit: Blah...I tried booting up with the XP cd, but it didn't detect a hard drive, so that didn't do anything. Now I force-formatted my two partitions which I decided to keep, but I'd like to start new, as if I'm giving the computer to someone (which I might to my GF [good friend ;)] ). How...
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    Reformat with Partitions

    good point; I'm on my laptop here, which is picking up a wireless connection. (*shh*!) If I can reformat everything to nothing, I wouldn't mind updating it all by creating a network that connects it to my laptop. I still don't know how to delete EVERYTHING. Do i restart the comp, set bootup...
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    Reformat with Partitions

    hmm..how do I format my partitions outside of windows? It doesn't seem to let me do it because the programs on the drives are running or something..
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    Reformat with Partitions

    It wouldn't hurt to reinstall windows would it? I don't mind doing that, I just want a clean hard drive without my stupid dial-up connection program that installs stuff by itself.
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    Reformat with Partitions

    Good point trashman about keeping the partitions; Is it possible to just format each partition one by one, then do the partition that has windows on it last? I think i'm going to do this, if I can get confirmation that it will work
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    Reformat with Partitions

    Would I need to download partition magic to mess with the partitions? I've never messed with them before; my buddy created the partitions for me when we built the rig together.
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    laptop issues - help!

    hmm...I don't now much, but I have had a similar problem on my desktop, the BSOD. It turned out to be a memory problem, and I RMA'd the stick of ram back to Newegg. They replaced it, and everything is going fine. How new/old is your laptop? I'm running a similar config on my E1505, except I...
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    Reformat with Partitions

    hi all, I need some help reformatting my desktop with windows xp home. It's got an 80 gig hard drive with 3 partitions. How do I start over clean on this computer? i think, for a single partition hdd, you do it through right clicking the drive on the My Comp window, then clicking 'format', but...
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    Logitech IM camera--help!

    *cricket chirp
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    Logitech IM camera--help!

    I got this camera (http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/produ...tails/US/EN,CRID=2204,CONTENTID=11635) for my birthday just a couple days ago, and windows is telling me that "One of the USB devices attached to this computer has malfunctioned, and windows does not recognize it." I followed the...
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    Asus Launching New Barebones Notebook Brand: ASMobile

    rofl. I'm on a dell laptop. Isn't it so great how they can drop the price of my laptop from 2100 to 1300 like *that? Dang...i wanted an asus, but a little past my budget
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    STARCRAFT: Installing for LAN party.

    For sure, it will work without valid cd-keys and indentical ones. My brother and I have been playing SC BW a lot this past week for old time reminiscence reasons..we played/installed sc with the cd key of 1212121212121212.. It works. Only tough part is the networking..hope you're knowledgeable...