praxeologue
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Hi all. Just recently I was using my computer when an error appeared saying I had a drive error that needed to be fixed. I clicked the error in the system tray and then the computer restarted in order to fix the drive error. Well, I went into an "automatic repair" but then it froze on the "select your keyboard layout" screen. I then tried the "refresh your PC" option, but it wouldn't work saying that the hard drive was locked. I then tried to restore the PC to a restore point but it wouldn't let me do that either. As a last ditch resort I tried to use the "reset your PC" option which I gather is just a guided reformatting of the hard drive but it wouldn't let me do that either, saying that the required partition wasn't there. I took it into a PC repair place and they said the hard drive needs to be wiped, that the registry is corrupted or something along those lines. When booting from the windows 8 CD I tried to go into the installation menu and it won't even accept the product key on my package.
I'm not especially computer savvy. All I can really access is the command prompt. I guess I just need to reformat the hard drive and perform a clean install of windows. Anyone able to provide some insight or maybe help me with this reformatting? I've never done it before and don't want to screw it up. I'm not worried about saving data on the computer, nothing really important on the drive that isn't already backed up on my laptop.
Thanks in advance.
I'm not especially computer savvy. All I can really access is the command prompt. I guess I just need to reformat the hard drive and perform a clean install of windows. Anyone able to provide some insight or maybe help me with this reformatting? I've never done it before and don't want to screw it up. I'm not worried about saving data on the computer, nothing really important on the drive that isn't already backed up on my laptop.
Thanks in advance.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1