re formatt,netbook

colin13

hi my niece is having problems with netbook,she has done system restore etc,,if it was my desktop I would reformatt,,but she has no disc drive etc,,how do I reformatt this netbook,,ps it is windows xp installed,on netbook

Darksun

Does it have a recovery partition? When it's booting up you may notice it say something like "Press X to enter system recovery" where X is most likely a function key. Pressing that should boot the windows installer, or a recovery subsystem that will allow you to format and reinstall.

Alternatively you can get USB DVD/CD drives

Altahost

Netbooks I have done are either reinstalled from a pen drive or from a USB Romdrive.

Much easier from a ROM because no formatting is required to boot from usb pen drive.

All net books support usb boot. so no need to change bios settings.

fiddiwebb

Which netbook is it?

colin13

Altahost wrote: »

Netbooks I have done are either reinstalled from a pen drive or from a USB Romdrive.

Much easier from a ROM because no formatting is required to boot from usb pen drive.

All net books support usb boot. so no need to change bios settings.

sorry for being thick,,does that mean i could copy my xp disc on to pen and install it from tht,,that will mean using my serial numbers etc ??

colin13

fiddiwebb wrote: »

Which netbook is it?

sorry dont no the answer to thaat question


but will find out

Altahost

colin13 wrote: »

sorry for being thick,,does that mean i could copy my xp disc on to pen and install it from tht,,that will mean using my serial numbers etc ??

In theory thats what it means but formatting the usb pendrive must be done so it boots like a cd.

I promise you it would be easier to borrow or plugin a usb cdrom drive.

It makes little difference what make it is except the manufacturer will have pendrive format instructions. In principal there is little difference.

People asking questions are never thick. Thats why they ask questions!

LeeSouthEast

Do you know anyone with a USB CD rom drive? This is the easiest option.

busenbust

colin13 wrote: »

hi my niece is having problems with netbook,she has done system restore etc,,if it was my desktop I would reformatt,,but she has no disc drive etc,,how do I reformatt this netbook,,ps it is windows xp installed,on netbook

Are you saying system restore did not resolve the problem; and what specifically is the problem...

colin13

fiddiwebb wrote: »

Which netbook is it?

Ecafe netbook

colin13

busenbust wrote: »

Are you saying system restore did not resolve the problem; and what specifically is the problem...

system restore did not fix problem dont no y,,just a few problems mainly to do with her MSN not working properly,,as I said if it was me I would just reformatt but struggling to do tht with this netbook