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I was just wondering if you reformat your computer, does it get rid of any registry problems you might have?
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yes it does when u reformate a computer its like you getting a brand new computer thats how it is all ur data is gone all the virises are gone everyting is gone its the best way to get rid of things that people put inthere or ne tthing bad...hope i helped
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i think that is only if you reboot, i would say go to talk to some dudes at pcworld or some pc place...
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Yes. And everything else.
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Reformatting your hard drive is about the most serious thing you can do to your system short of replacing it completely.
EVERYTHING will be wiped out. Totally. Every single file, program, mp3, email, you name it. Your hard drive will be completely blank. You'll need to reinstall your operating system and all other software - which means you'll need the original installation CDs.
But you'll certainly lose any saved passwords and settings. It will be as if you have a completely new system.
There may be some alternatives to reformatting, but messing around with the registry is very tricky if you don't know what you're doing. I'd strongly suggest finding someone pretty experienced to clean your registry.
If you think that your registry is infected somehow, there *is* one other thing you could try. It might not work. But it wouldn't hurt to download and install these programs (they're all free).
Ad-aware from Lavasoft - [Link](Mouse over link to see full location)
Spybot-Search & Destroy - [Link](Mouse over link to see full location)
SpywareBlaster - [Link](Mouse over link to see full location)
And if you don't have an antivirus program that is being updated DAILY, you might want to uninstall your old antivirus program and install AntiVir - [Link](Mouse over link to see full location)
Once you've installed those programs, update each one of them. That's pretty easy to do, just look for the "Update" option in each program. You need to get them fully up to date. Then run a full system scan with each program (except SpywareBlaster, which doesn't have a scan option - it just blocks spyware).
This MIGHT save your system. I've used that combination of programs successfully on several systems (not mine, they belonged to some friends), and they've pretty much brought those computers back from the dead.
But if that doesn't work, try finding an expert to personally work on your system. Reformatting is usually the last resort.
Good luck!
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Yeah just get rid of things on your hard drive. Like if you had a viris it would get rid of it but if you dont want something to delete I would suggest saving it on a disk.
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