Simviation Forum - Oh NO...

Oct 28^th, 2006 at 7:05am

Ashar Ex Member
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Please tell me I don't have to reformat...because I can't...For some reason, whenever I want to restart or shutdown Windows, it just gets stuck on the Saving your settings screen...I haven't changed anything in my system...can someone please help? I cannot reformat...please keep that in mind...I have an OEM and I did not get a Windows CD... Cry

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Reply #1 - Oct 28^th, 2006 at 9:31am

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Oh man your in trouble, The computer MAY have the format at the boot screen (When the logos come up) hit the F8 to F12 Keys and see if it comes up. Since 2003-2004 OEMS DO NOT come with windows disks, you usually have to burn them to a DVD yourself or reformat through the boot up. Look also in your Start, Control panel, Computer management, Disk management. Look for a Partition on ANY of the hard drives, that has about a 3-5 gig partition in FAT32 if it does you may be able to burn a DVD in windows for that partition, then restore the computer to the first day it was turned on (Hence an OEM reformat) If not..... Well, Lets not think of that yet.

Cheers, Gunny

EDIT: If that is a dell its F8 I think at the boot screen! Its the delete key, not F8!

EDIT2:I havent a clue what key it is honestly, you just have to hit em all really, my computer is ALT F10 I think but dells and other computers are F1 to F12 somewhere in there....

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Reply #2 - Oct 28^th, 2006 at 9:47am

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Oh man your in trouble, The computer MAY have the format at the boot screen (When the logos come up) hit the F8 to F12 Keys and see if it comes up. Since 2003-2004 OEMS DO NOT come with windows disks, you usually have to burn them to a DVD yourself or reformat through the boot up. Look also in your Start, Control panel, Computer management, Disk management. Look for a Partition on ANY of the hard drives, that has about a 3-5 gig partition in FAT32 if it does you may be able to burn a DVD in windows for that partition, then restore the computer to the first day it was turned on (Hence an OEM reformat) If not..... Well, Lets not think of that yet.

Cheers, Gunny

EDIT: If that is a dell its F8 I think at the boot screen! Its the delete key, not F8!

EDIT2:I havent a clue what key it is honestly, you just have to hit em all really, my computer is ALT F10 I think but dells and other computers are F1 to F12 somewhere in there....

Cam just told me to Defrag using O&O and to clear the Windows prefetch folder... Wink

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Reply #3 - Oct 28^th, 2006 at 10:12am

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Well not having the Reformat disk, you may need to know HOW to access it somehow eventually, once in a while a harware issue sends the OS into oblivion, and then your screwed.... Now you have a general idea where to find it Grin

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