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How to formar PC

17/08/2022

How to format pc

Formatting a PC means totally erasing the information that exists on the PCā€™s storage hard drive. In this sense, the operating system that was installed is also eliminated, so that the storage device is completely free. Formatting the PC serves as a strategy that is applied for those occasions in which the operating system is unstable and a new installation of it is required. Also when there is suspicion of a virus that cannot be destroyed, if the equipment works very slowly or also because:

  • Eliminate garbage : Makes the process much simpler, by leaving the device clean, it is from scratch.
  • Delete viruses and harmful files : By deleting all files, you can be certain that viruses, Trojans and the like are also deleted.

Requeriments:

  • USB WITH 8GB (+)
  • ISO DE WINDOWS
  • RUFUS: Link

Create booteable with Rufus :

  • Open Rufus.
  • Click select (here select the location of the Windows .iso)
  • Change partition scheme to MBR.
  • Name the volume label.
  • Click on start (wait for the process to finish)
  • It should look like the following image.
Rufus image
step
  • Click on start, and restart the pc and connect the bootable usb.

    step-2
  • Configure the pc to boot from the bootable usb, for this we need to enter the bios (depending on the brand of the pc, press the keyboard, for acer: f2, asus: esc or f2, compaq: f10, dell: f2, hp: f10, lenovo: f1 or f2, toshiba: f1 or esc). once in the bios, go to the boot section and select the usb and upload it as the first option.

    step-3
  • Go to the save & exit section, select save changes and exit and click on yes, the pc will automatically restart.

    step-3
  • Select your language and click on next.

    step-4
  • Click install now.

  • Accept terms and click on next.

  • Select custom: install windows only (advanced), this will allow you to format the hard drive during the installation.

  • Select the partition to format, click format and then delete, this may take a couple of minutes to complete.

  • Select the partition and click on next, to start the installation process.

  • The windows installation process follows its process.

  • In this process we disconnect the bootable usb, and let it restart automatically.

  • This may take a couple of minutes.

  • We will start with the basic configurations, select the region, then it will ask us to select a network connection, we click on i donā€™t have internet.

  • Continue with the configuration, here we will place the name that the pc will have, and then if necessary we will put a password.

  • Last step to be able to start windows, just wait for the process to finish, it may take time.

  • Start windows, here we go to start settings, update & security and select windows update.

  • Click on checking for updates, we will get a list to update, we download the updates and ready.