Are you the one who reformat your computer?

Hello my friend I would not say "you're perfectly right" if I never fix my pc in my own way..yes you're right. The only problem for that would your docs and photos if you don't have enough size of your back-ups.Well if you have enough supplies of USB that would not be a problem...I agree with you my friend...thanks for responding...

Thank you for giving me the Best Response for your discussion. I always feel good when I get one. Thanks again and I hope you are having a wonderful day.

A driver is a small program that lets your computer control a device like your printer, keyboard, dvd drive, modems and so on. Without them you would not be able to use a device if the driver is missing. Usually, when you get a new computer you may get a disk that has the drivers on it in case you need them in the future. Sometimes they may be included on your OS disk. And sometimes you may have a backup on your computer. If you get a printer you get a disk that has the drivers necessary for whatever operating system you have. Digital cameras may have a disk as well or it may be loaded to your computer the first time you connect it via the USB port. Do a search for drivers and you will get all the info you need. You can also find software that will back up your drivers and even look for updates. A few may be free and some you must pay for to get the full deal. I could go on and on but a simple search will help you better. I will gets you answers if you want me too because sometimes it is hard to decode what others are writing about something.

Yes..it's him that force me to find ways to fix it because he never said he's busy while he keep on promising he would gonna fix it...yeah you're right a great blessing in disguise that I benefited from it...now that I learned already, I would say...Reformatting is just an easy to do as long you have complete facilities to do it...thanks for responding...

hehe...he's also like that to us...saying yes but he's not coming...maybe he's really busy, its just that he's shy of turning us down...you know... but anyway again congrats that you have learn new things...so maybe if i got a problem with mine, can i just call you ? hehe

Yes your right asylum as long as you have all the back ups you need and complete drivers of the mother board that would no be a problem because if there's " plug and play" in the computer, it's the same with fixing it...everything is there as long as you know how to read and understand...thanks for responding....

Thanks for the info, cmdr001 I see that reformatting the hard disk drive doesn't really decrease its life span.. It would be nice if we coudl simply solve certain problems that we encounter while we use the computer... I'm actually experiencing one with our desktop as it doesn't boot through the Windows XP Logo.. I mean, there's this part wherein you can choose to which set-up should I start the computer, like 'last known working settings' or something to that effect but, as soon as you hit 'Enter' on any of the options, the computer just turns off. I don't know if I have to buy a new hard disk or just send it to a computer shop for them to diagnose it.

I'd just like to correct the fact that reformatting the hard disk per se does not reduce its lifespan at all. Formatting a hard drive is no different procedure than reading/writing files as you do on your everyday computer usage. The only thing happening is a small portion of the hard disk getting wiped of so that the hard disk reports to the system that no longer there any files in there; or in case you do a full format, a simple read/write/read test will be executed across the hard drive to check for errors but this again is no different from your everyday usage. There's really nothing to be afraid on formatting the hard disk, save for data loss. Sometimes there are better ways to deal with certain problems other than formatting the hard disk though.

Well, this is a terrible way to make diagnostics, so I can't really help you through here. But, it may not be anything too grave; probably some critical file that may have gone corrupt and is preventing Windows from booting up one way or another. I guess that it will cost you, but, it should be solvable by someone with a bit of experience. There -are- ways of making sure that you can still work with your computer while it's "broken". For example, if my Windows suffers some critical flaw that I feel I'll take more than 30 minutes fixing back to full order manually, I'll just grab and replace it with a fully prepared Windows in less than 5 minutes, only potential losses being a pair of programs that may not work well until I re-install them, but all other programs, games, chat logs... it'll all be there and working. If it wouldn't be that, I could have a secondary hard drive with a Windows ready to go in case something worse happened, but, I skip that step since I got other machines I can resort to. Granted, regardless of what I do, what I cannot prevent too easily (Although I do have the other computers that can replace this one in case of a break down) is if there are hardware failures. Those aren't easy to fix and many times require a part replacement altogether... but as long as it's not that, if you make the proper research, you'll find plenty of ways to -always- be sure you can make use of your system to some extent until you bring it back to optimum condition. Read about hard drive partitioning, hard drive (Ghost) images, multi-boot and you'll find many things that may be useful.

You're absolutely right my friend...I agree with you...I been longing before to have a PC one day but never wished to fix computers, it never came to my mind that I would have to learn (even a little) for just a purpose of my own PC....well that's it....thanks for responding...

Hello zhouxi thanks for congratulating me, the truth is I never ever wished to learn how to fix my own computer...I just force my self to learn based on my self study and some friend's advise how to fix minor problem with my PC. Actually I've been asking help from my friends but they never appear so I decided to do it my own with my little knowledge..I thought I could not do it...yeah it's true if you focus on something you need to finish you can achieve it....thanks for responding....

Yes you're right my friend..thanks for responding...

Yes..good for your daughter to have that knowledge....yes...it would be frustrating if you lose all your files and docs...you must have back ups really before reformatting your PC..thanks for responding...

Yes my friend you must really have even a little knowledge because paying technecian for a simple problem would be wasting....thanks for responding...

Yes you're right. There were really viruses that could not be detected by our anti-virus...thanks for responding..

Yeah. But if you have lots of back ups you can do that...like USBs. If you have lots of this you can transfer all your files and photos to this before reformatting it...thanks for responding...

Yes my friend this is prime necessity if you have your own computer...you must have a little knowledge so you may not call computer technician immediately. If you can't fix it your self a big savings for you...thanks for responding...

Yes it is really easy but what really makes me tired of doing it are different programs you have to download again...and also if you don't have enough back ups it would be a big problem...I can't afford to lose my important files and docs..thanks for responding...

PLEASE do NOT use AVG. It will not pick up anything that can harm your PC. It's not worth it at all even though it is free. Try Avira....still free & alot better. AVG is just as bad as Nortons.

Yes you're right actually I have 3 partitioned disk for some files. one of those is only for all my programs and the rest would be for my files and documents....I am using right now AVAST and I am satisfied with it...thanks for responding...

Yes my friend. But as long as we have our own PC,we must learn to fix minor problems. Thanks for responding...

Yes I agree with you my friend...thanks for responding...

Yeah that's what I mean. We must to have a little knowledge of our own computer even just a small or minor one so that we could fix without looking for someone to fix it plus a few dollars more...thanks for responding...

Yeah that maybe would happen to me as time goes by as far as computer maintenance is concern.Thanks for responding...

Yes that's the basic needs if you're going to reformat your PC with out any one of them it useless, you can/t do it....thanks for responding...

Yeah thanks my friend. What I remember, from the time I acquired my PC I reformatted it already three times..and it's already one a half years with me.. Yes thanks for that advise..thanks for responding...