Despite the fact that experts do not recommend doing self-repair of laptops, sometimes such a need arises. The action of viruses or damage to the file system forces you to start unscheduled treatment of your computer. In this case, it is often necessary to format the laptop disk.
Instructions
Step 1
First of all, transfer all your valuable data from your laptop to another computer. They will be lost after formatting.
Step 2
In advance, choose a CD or DVD assembly of the operating system or just a bootable LiveCD, which allow you to boot from a CD-ROM bypassing the computer's hard drive. Burn the image to a blank CD at low speed. Check if it reads well with the laptop drive. As an alternative for the same purpose, you can create a bootable USB flash drive in advance.
Step 3
Turn on the laptop and change the boot order if necessary. In a stationary computer, a similar action is carried out through the BIOS, on laptops - by pressing the corresponding F1..12 command key when turning on. Select CD-ROM or USB as the first boot device. Connect a bootable USB stick or insert a CD. Reboot your laptop.
Step 4
After identifying the appropriate device, the interface will start loading from the removable media. A graphical shell will appear before your eyes. In it, you can easily find access to laptop disks, which can now be easily formatted. If software filling of the boot disk allows, for formatting and other operations with hard drives, you can use specialized programs with advanced functionality and a convenient interface, for example, Acronis Disk Director, which is often found on LiveCD disks. They can also, for example, split the disk into several logical ones, or, conversely, combine them.
Step 5
When reinstalling the operating system onto a blank formatted disk, do not forget that drivers for some devices, for example, video cards, may have to be searched for and installed separately, since not all ready-made software packages are suitable for laptops.
