Hi,
I have a question on how to reformat my laptop. Let me give you the specs on it first.
Sony Vaio PCG-K13, Windows XP home 2002, Service Pak 3, 40GB hard drive(20GB C drive, 20GB D drive), 960MB of RAM, 2.80GHz Pentium 4
I'm planning on reformmating my hard drive for a couple of reasons. First. I have a virus or multiple viruses. One virus plays random audio on my computer. One virus causes pop ups. And, I'm not sure about this one but when I go to add/remove programs, the list has a huge blank spot in the middle of it. The tab on the side that lets you move up and down the list is about as small as it can be. I can highlight the huge blank space but can't do anything to it. Second, I have almost no space on my C drive and I'm running into problems with not having enough memory.
So, I'm planning on reformatting because it would be the easiest way to solve these problems. I guess my first question is, is my assumption right? Is this the easiest and best way to solve these problems? My next question is, I read on the internet that my computer didn't come with a driver disk and so if I need to reformat I just hit F10 at start up and choose the reformat option. Is that true? I did hit F10 at start up and it took me to a different screen but I didn't choose to reformat because I didn't have my files backed up. I have everything backed up now, but don't want to jump into reformmatting my hard drive if I need a disk.
Thanks for the help,
Jesse
