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    How To Format A PC: Guideline For Formatting A Computer

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    This document provides step-by-step instructions for formatting a computer and installing Windows. It details the necessary materials, the installation process which includes selecting boot options and disk partitions, and addresses potential issues like hard disk format incompatibility. The 25 steps cover all aspects of the setup from start to finish, including resolving errors and setting up the operating system. The guidelines are meant to help users properly format computers to install or upgrade their version of Windows.

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    How To Format A PC

    Guideline for formatting a Computer


    This booklet contains step-by-step to format a Computer. It is
    a handy book that comes with examples and images to help
    you follow accordingly.

    Edward Carlos Raymond


    06-Apr-15

    Introduction
    During my internship, I was assign to format 6 computers continuously in a day.
    Completion of this task took me 2 days as the installation of windows grabs a lot of time
    mainly because of its process of extracting all windows files before it can continue to
    install the Operating System into the PC.

    A problem that I have faced during the installation is when the Hard Disk which is inside
    of the PC is in a different format, meaning not in NTFS but it has been converted into a
    different Driver format. Most of the users who are about to install or upgrade their
    computer into a new fresh Windows will obviously face the above problem but luckily
    this step didnt stop me from formatting the Computers.

    I have made this book to help users with the Installation of Windows in any PC either to
    upgrade or newly to Windows installation. Follow these steps and you will learn the
    proper ways to format a Computer.

    To format a computer, basically you will need a windows installation CD or DVD. The
    disk can be found when you purchase a new Computer. This installation CD/DVD must
    be kept at all times because it is the LIFE SAVER for you Computer. Be sure to own a
    windows installation CD/ DVD as it can help repair your Computer in future.

    1. Plug in the following inputs/ cables/ wires to allow the PC to be turned On.
    *if you have internet connection, do not plug in the LAN cable just yet.

    1. Power Cable
    2. VGA Cable (Connected to the
    Computer Monitor)
    3. Mouse
    4. Keyboard

    2. Now, Power On the Computer by pressing the Power button at the PC.

    3. Next, press the eject button of the CD/ DVD ROM at the PC to insert the
    Windows Installation CD/ DVD.

    4. Once set the CD/ DVD into the ROM, press the eject button again to allow the
    CD/DVD to start its loading in the ROM.
    5. Restart your PC again by holding the power button until the PC is shutdown.
    6. In 3 seconds, turn on your computer again by pressing the POWER button to
    load back your previous windows.
    7. We need to start the installation through the CD/DVD. In order to that we need to
    get into the boot option. While windows is loading, press the boot option key,(will
    appear in the monitor which key is to get to the boot option). Mine is F12

    Different PCs have different types of boot key. You can view it from the
    monitor when windows is about to load.

    8. A screen will appear as below. Choose the option CD/DVD/CD-RW DRIVE to


    load the Windows installation CD/DVD.

    9. A windows prompt will appear as below. Press any key on the keyboard to start
    the installation.

    10. Right after pressing any key as prompt, the screen will show that windows is
    loading as below.

    11. Windows logo screen will appear after the loading windows files.

    12. After the logo screen appears, windows will start the installation by popping out
    the installation menu. Choose your preferred Language, Time and your keyboard
    Language. Once done ,click on Next to continue to the next screen.

    13. The screen as below will appear. Click on INSTALL NOW TO begin the
    installation.

    14. Setup will start.

    15. After starting, windows agreement form will appear, tick on I accept the license
    terms and

    16. Two options will appear. If you are upgrading your Windows, click on upgrade or
    custom, either way works.
    If you have Windows XP previously and want to install Windows 7, choose
    custom.

    17. Setup now will prompt to choose which disk space you want to install the
    Windows.

    18. If you find this message appears during your windows installation.

    *Meaning windows could not be install into the driver as it is in different format.
    *To enable the installation
    - On your keyboard, press shift+f10, this will open cmd (command prompt
    window)
    - As soon as the cmd window appear, type diskpart
    - Then type list disk
    - Next, select disk <disk number? * disk numbercan be found when you list
    the disk (0 ,1,2)
    - Then type clean * cmd will clean the entire disk storage
    - Now we need to convert the Hard Disk into gpt to enable the installation
    process, type convert gpt
    - Cmd will convert the hard disk and a message will appear saying converting
    successful
    - Now type exit , to close the cmd window
    19. Now the partitions will no longer exits as the cleaning using cmd will allocated
    back all the partition into 1 larger partition. Click on the Drive 0 and click on
    NEXT to proceed.

    20. Installation will begin as soon as you click next.

    21. When every option in the screen completes, the screen as below will display that
    windows has complete the installation.

    22. Your computer will restart several times automatically.

    23. Once restart windows start logo will appear again.

    24. The setup will completely finish right after the logo screen appears and then the
    below screen show every process in ticked and complete.

    25. Once installation is complete, windows will setup your Operating System for first
    time users.

    This is the complete way to complete a windows installation.


    *Screen shot took during windows installation
    *While formatting the 6 PCs
    *I learn this during my internship.

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