Is this laptop easy to reformat without a disc?
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Can't begin to tell you - this computer was shipped to mom, who lives in a nursing home, in another state. the staff there reported more issues using Microsoft 8. Sorry to be less than helpful.
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Can't say, other than the onekey recovery system. I've not really had any issues to have to reformat.
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It has a built in factory restore partition which is accessible through the all programs dialoge box or by holding the f11 button when you reboot until the computer tells you it is loading files. Once it has loaded files follow the instruction to partition the drive.
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I use "AOMEI Partition Assistant Home Edition 5.1" which is free. I've cloned several drives, XP and 7, never any problems.
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No u have to format.. partition.. and load Windows 7..if it's a new drive u have to do a fresh install..
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Yes. You'll have to go to the WD website to get.instructions on how to format it using Disk Utility. Not hard, but not plug and play.Hope this helps. Cheers,Steve
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Yes. It is very easy to use. Good for BASIC documentation and storage. Don't know if it will hold up to today's school work.
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If you use a light scribe compatible DVD you can do it. Don't forget to install the right software though.
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No it's a blank hard drive. You will need to format to what ever operating system u are using.
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No. I have never needed a disc. I use an SD card reader. For editing I use photoshop.
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Yes it is.....when you get the drive reformat it to Mac os extended journal
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Is no necessary, i'm use a netbook without cd/DVD drive and function spectacular...
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No but you can boot from a standalone CD program and make a copy of a drive that has been freshly formatted.
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Thank you--the "bootable sd cards" sounds like a more appealing alternative. I'm not wild about the idea of having an external CD/DVD drive--kind of defeats the purpose of this highly portable option. Thank you!
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Shawn Slater is correct you have to make the windows seven recovery disks yourself. it is very easy
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I have used versions of both. There is no problem extracting a stubborn disc via software commands or a re-boot.
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Go to disk management service (diskmgmt.msc in command prompt window or Start text box) and it will let you format it.
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You can * burn it to a disc * copy it to a jump/usb drive * if your computers are networked you can access it from your laptop * failing the above, you can download it to your laptop
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as I recall the physical part was pretty easy. After that it was like an complete install on a clean hard drive. I bought a DVD of Win7 and installed from that. One thing to remember is that you don't want to defrag an SSD, it can actually damage them. They don't save files like a regular hard disk does.