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You could just do a factory reset to it. its in the setup menu when you press f12 i believe you should have a code on the bottom or on the side of your comp or laptop. you will need it to reinstall windows. doing this will erase everything and it will be like when you just bought it at the store.

If you have a windows OS disk then you can reinstall the OS and thus erasing the old OS with all its parts, me and my dad actually did this to 8 laptops awhile back for a job. Now if you don't have a disk you go to thepiratebay. org and you download your OS you want (and it isn't stealing since you bought the OS but lost the disk) and you download it and mount it onto a DVD-R and run it like a OS disk

A.) Which OS?
B.) Laptop/Desktop?
C.) Brand?

Windows XP
Lappy
Toshiba

I pretty much want to reset it back to the way it was but the OS disk isn't reinstalling it.

Is there a way to completely wipe out a hard drive that can't be placed into a pc due to viruses? I need to recycle them but would like to wipe them before then (the virus restarts the computer around every 5-20 seconds).

This might work.  Make sure you have EVERYTHING you need backed up on CDs or a zip drive or another harddrive.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_do_you_reset_toshiba_computer_to_factory_condition

Doing this should get your computer reset back to the day you got it home, just like pulling it out of the box.

Let us know if this doesn't work.

Daniel

 

1. Insert the disc into the drive.
2. Restart the laptop and press F12 key when you see the Toshiba logo on the screen.
3. Select CD/DVD drive from the boot menu.
4. Press OK and wait until the laptop boot from the CD.
5. Select "Recovery to factory defaults" and press OK. It will take some time to reimage the hard dive.


I can't find 5, it just booted up to the normal screen.

Yeah it just boots it up normally :/

I saw that once, but not since :/

and don't forget the troll on the bridge of death of whom you must answer these questions, 3 and then thou shalt pass.

Did your laptop come with restore discs?  Not the real windows XP disc, but should say like Toshiba Restore Disc on it.  That's what you need I think.

http://forums.techarena.in/windows-xp-support/867056.htm

A lot of mixed stuff in here.  If you have access to another disc I would try to borrow one and try that first.  Could be a problem with the CD you're using.  When you're in the BIOS, you can also try to disable any preload virus scans that might be going on.  Try those 2 things first.  Btw, what exact Toshiba model is it, that might give us some more options.

Daniel

I'll run malware bytes but I can't run it in safe mode, though I can in regular.

Man you're computer must be pretty darn messed up to not let you run the disk.....try taking out the disk drive and putting it back in thus installing it again.


Also this sounds just as frustrating as 21 gb of music and 4 gbs of movies at 4am in the morning not cooperating (the story of last night lol)