How to reinstall an O/S

RyanWhitell · 03-02-2008, 07:19 PM

k, im trying to sell my g1s a1 and i was wondering how i can delete everything off the hard drive and reinstall Vista, also when i bought the laptop i didnt get the os but i got the recovery dvd so i dont actually have vista, but i have the oem vista i got with my custom build (sig) can i just use that? Also 1000$, Good price?

therascalking · 03-02-2008, 07:53 PM

just format it... and then boot from the Vista CD it came with... or if you dont have the CD it actually came with, you can use a CD from another computer, as long as its the same version of vista, and as long as you use the CD-Key from the laptop's copy of vista to validate, im almost positive...
also, if its in good shape $1000 to me would be a perfectly reasonable price for a laptop like that... you might even get $1250 or more for it... depends haha... good luck

- RK

KurrentEweser · 03-02-2008, 08:00 PM

Formatting doesn't wipe out old data and partitioning info. It's best to use a program that clears the whole drive before installing a new OS.

carnageX · 03-02-2008, 08:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KurrentEweser

Formatting doesn't wipe out old data and partitioning info. It's best to use program that clears the whole drive before installing a new OS.

Which would be DBAN: Darik's Boot and Nuke (Hard Drive Disk Wipe)
or Killdisk: Active@ Kill Disk Hard Drive Eraser. Low Level Format.

RyanWhitell · 03-03-2008, 06:59 PM

uhh ohh, now i have a huge problem, now i think i have a virus and i cant boot windows, i can only go into safe mode, how can i fix this problem i havent done anything to the laptop since i started this tread so im trying to reinstall vista, get everything off my hard drive and i can only do it in safe mode, i need some help!!!!!!!, and i didnt get the original cd-key from ASUS for vista, where do i find it.

KurrentEweser · 03-03-2008, 07:30 PM

OEM copies of Vista shouldn't require a key. The license is on the bios chip. So long as you use the same Vista copy that came with the laptop, Vista should install with no problems.

ricanflow · 03-04-2008, 02:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by carnageX

Which would be DBAN: Darik's Boot and Nuke (Hard Drive Disk Wipe)
or Killdisk: Active@ Kill Disk Hard Drive Eraser. Low Level Format.

A must if you ever sell your computer.

carnageX · 03-04-2008, 01:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ricanflow

A must if you ever sell your computer.

If there was sensitive data on a drive, I'd just buy a new drive for the computer and keep the old drive. And if you are still gonna destroy the data, you'd have to destroy the drive physically, by breaking/melting the platters.

RyanWhitell · 03-04-2008, 08:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RyanWhitell

uhh ohh, now i have a huge problem, now i think i have a virus and i cant boot windows, i can only go into safe mode, how can i fix this problem i havent done anything to the laptop since i started this tread so im trying to reinstall vista, get everything off my hard drive and i can only do it in safe mode, i need some help!!!!!!!, and i didnt get the original cd-key from ASUS for vista, where do i find it.

ok i didnt get help to my first problem my first problem, how do i get into the bios on this laptop

RyanWhitell · 03-10-2008, 09:28 PM

k i fixed it its good as new

03-02-2008, 07:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
RyanWhitell True Techie Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Calgary, AB Posts: 148	How to reinstall an O/S k, im trying to sell my g1s a1 and i was wondering how i can delete everything off the hard drive and reinstall Vista, also when i bought the laptop i didnt get the os but i got the recovery dvd so i dont actually have vista, but i have the oem vista i got with my custom build (sig) can i just use that? Also 1000$, Good price? __________________ E8400 @ 4.0 GHz . Maximus Formula . Antec 900 . ASUS HD 3870 @ 860/1150 . X2 WD Raptor RAID 0 . Dominator 1066 http://www.youtube.com/user/VEEKDOOR

03-02-2008, 07:53 PM	#2 (permalink)
therascalking Devious Techie Join Date: May 2007 Location: Fullerton, CA, USA Posts: 439	Re: How to reinstall an O/S just format it... and then boot from the Vista CD it came with... or if you dont have the CD it actually came with, you can use a CD from another computer, as long as its the same version of vista, and as long as you use the CD-Key from the laptop's copy of vista to validate, im almost positive... also, if its in good shape $1000 to me would be a perfectly reasonable price for a laptop like that... you might even get $1250 or more for it... depends haha... good luck - RK __________________ School, work, girlfriend? No time for computers! :P Last edited by therascalking; 03-02-2008 at 07:55 PM.

03-02-2008, 08:00 PM	#3 (permalink)
KurrentEweser Ultra Techie Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 812	Re: How to reinstall an O/S Formatting doesn't wipe out old data and partitioning info. It's best to use a program that clears the whole drive before installing a new OS. Last edited by KurrentEweser; 03-02-2008 at 09:03 PM.

03-03-2008, 06:59 PM	#5 (permalink)
RyanWhitell True Techie Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Calgary, AB Posts: 148	Re: How to reinstall an O/S uhh ohh, now i have a huge problem, now i think i have a virus and i cant boot windows, i can only go into safe mode, how can i fix this problem i havent done anything to the laptop since i started this tread so im trying to reinstall vista, get everything off my hard drive and i can only do it in safe mode, i need some help!!!!!!!, and i didnt get the original cd-key from ASUS for vista, where do i find it. __________________ E8400 @ 4.0 GHz . Maximus Formula . Antec 900 . ASUS HD 3870 @ 860/1150 . X2 WD Raptor RAID 0 . Dominator 1066 http://www.youtube.com/user/VEEKDOOR

03-03-2008, 07:30 PM	#6 (permalink)
KurrentEweser Ultra Techie Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 812	Re: How to reinstall an O/S OEM copies of Vista shouldn't require a key. The license is on the bios chip. So long as you use the same Vista copy that came with the laptop, Vista should install with no problems.

03-10-2008, 09:28 PM	#10 (permalink)
RyanWhitell True Techie Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Calgary, AB Posts: 148	Re: How to reinstall an O/S k i fixed it its good as new __________________ E8400 @ 4.0 GHz . Maximus Formula . Antec 900 . ASUS HD 3870 @ 860/1150 . X2 WD Raptor RAID 0 . Dominator 1066 http://www.youtube.com/user/VEEKDOOR

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