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1• Reformat and Reinstall Windows XP FAQ
By Andy Walker. This FAQ (frequently asked questions page) is for people who own a Windows XP computer and want to reinstall and reformat their hard drives.
2• How to get into your computer's BIOS
By Andy Walker. If you need to access the BIOS in your system, this will guide you through the process.
3• Need a boot disk? Why? How?
By Andy Walker. If you're reinstalling your operating system, you may very well need a boot disk.
4• How to wipe an NTFS formated hard drive with Windows XP
By Andy Walker. Here's how to wipe a hard drive that uses NTFS as a file allocation system.
5• How to reformat and reinstall Windows XP - Method #2
By Andy Walker. Our Windows XP Reinstall and Reformat FAQ has two methods.
6• Reformat and Reinstall: FAQs
By Andy Walker. Reformatting and reinstalling: What? When? Why? Where? How? You're in the right place for the answers to those questions and more.
7• How to update a driver
By Staff. When you change your operating system, such as upgrade from XP to Vista, some of your peripheral equipment will be upset.
8• Do I really have to reformat and reinstall?
By Andy Walker. Maybe you don't have to reformat your hard drive reinstall Windows.
9• Reformat your hard drive using Windows 98
By Andy Walker. It makes perfect sense to do so once in a while, if only to keep your box running like a race horse.
10• How to reformat and reinstall Windows Vista
By Andy Walker. Before you decide to reformat and reinstall your Windows Vista, there are several important things to consider.
11• FAT32 is no obstacle in going back in history
By Andy Walker. How to wipe Windows XP and revert to Windows Me/98/95 if you have FAT32.
12• One Window too many?
By Andy Walker. You reinstalled Windows XP on your computer thinking it would overwrite the existing version of Windows XP and now there are two copies when you boot up.
13• Wipe Vista in two steps: Part 1
By Andy Walker. This two-part process shows you how to edit your BIOS and then boot from your Vista install DVD, then wipe the Vista partition and put a fresh copy of the operating system on it.
14• How to re-install Windows ME
By Andy Walker. If you want to install Windows ME on a clean system, it's pretty easy.
15• Hard drive grinding?
By Andy Walker. How to optimize your defragmenter and virtual memory settings.
16• Reformat and reinstall Windows 98 on your laptop
By Andy Walker. If you need to reinstall Windows 98 on your laptop computer, there are different ways to do it depending on how your particular system is set up.
17• How to add a second hard drive
By Andy Walker. Need more hard drive space? Cyberwalker will tell you how to add more!.
18• How to get rid of programs on the bottom right of Windows
By Andy Walker. Why programs place icons in the system tray and how to remove them.
19• Your BIOS needs facelift, too
By Andy Walker. If you need to update your BIOS and you have a flash BIOS chip, no worries.
20• How to update the BIOS from a floppy
By Andy Walker. Use a floppy disk to update your BIOS on an older computer.
21• Easy reinstall for Windows Vista
By Andy Walker. If you want to take advantage of Windows Vista's new reinstall option from the desktop, start with this article.
22• How to repair your MBR
By Andy Walker. The boot process is quite mysterious and not always logical.
23• How to reformat your hard drive and reinstall Windows 95
By Andy Walker. When you need step by step instructions on reinstalling Windows 95, we are here to help.
24• More ways to clean up Vista
By Cyberwalker staff. Wiping your system clean and reinstalling Windows Vista is a time-consuming project.
25• Wipe Vista and start fresh: Part 2
By Andy Walker. In this second step of the Vista reinstallation, wipe the hard drive and install a fresh copy.
26• Is it mice or mouses? Computerese grammar at its best!
By Andy Walker. Often in life, it's the silliest questions that deserves the best answers.
27• Windows XP goes kaboom?
By Chris Ricci. An XP crash sounds ominous but it doesn't have to be: you can save your PC without losing your data.
28• Video: Clean your memory and turbocharge your PC
By Andy Walker. If you computer runs really slowly -- but it never used to -- then it may be time to clean out your system memory.
29• How to downgrade Vista to XP
By Peter Ehm. It's not always nostalgia that drives us back from Vista to XP.
30• Bringing Windows 95 back to life
By Andy Walker. How to reformat your hard drive and reinstall Windows 95? It sounds scary, but it doesn't have to be.
31• Dislike NTFS? Go back to FAT32
By Andy Walker. When NTFS is not working for you, this is how to get FAT32 file system on your drive.
32• Good old DOS to the rescue
By Andy Walker. Rebuild your Master Boot Record and keep your computer running.
33• A radical approach to tinkering with a hard drive
By Andy Walker. If you're going to format your C: drive, be sure to do it right.
34• How to fix Windows disk defragmenter if it stalls
By Andy Walker. Defragmenting your hard drive is recommended maintenance for your computer.
35• How to remove unwanted pop-up ads
By Andy Walker. Stop spying software from installing without permission.
36• Clean your Windows registry
By Don Reisinger. Sometimes the best way to fix a problem is to clean the Windows registry.
37• Two monitors on one computer . . . Is that possible?
By Andy Walker. Yes, it is possible, but you need to know Windows 98's limitations concerning the whole idea.
38• How to fix your monitor's colors after a reinstall
By Andy Walker. You had reason to reinstall Windows and now your monitor's colors look really awful.
39• What's inside a computer?
By Andy Walker. Not exactly sure what makes your computer work? All those parts seem too complicated to understand? This article will help you understand what makes a computer go.
40• USB: A handy guide
By Andy Walker. USB is great - you just have to make sure your operating system is ready for it.
41• How to remove spyware
By Andy Walker. Has your computer started running slowly or just plain acting strange? You may have spyware.
42• How to start in Safe Mode
By Andy Walker. You can choose your favorite way to start your computer in Safe mode.
43• Opening photos that come in your e-mail is easy
By Andy Walker. If Auntie Jennie e-mailed you that old photograph of you naked in the bathtub, could you open it? Would you want to? Learn how, as the CyberWalker shows you the ropes.
44• Same box, different results
By Andy Walker. Computers of similar make and build often perform differently.
45• Fine-tuning the reformat-reinstall process for Windows 95
By Andy Walker. Follow-up to an earlier article with additional hints about formatting a hard drive to install Windows 95.
46• Keeping home net routers safe
By Andy Walker. Most home network owners never delve inside their routers to use the hidden security settings that can be used to lock down a network nice and tight.
47• Evidence Eliminator
By Ted Gallardo. There are many reasons why you want to make sure nobody knows what you've been up to on your computer, some of them noble, even.
48• Should I upgrade to the Windows XP operating system?
By Andy Walker. To move up to XP or not to move up to XP -- that is the question.
49• Fix power management with a BIOS update
By Andy Walker. Fixing power management issues with a BIOS update can be a daunting task, but it doesn't have to be.
50• How to troubleshoot Windows crashes
By Andy Walker. If you have the dreaded "Blue Screen of Death," this article will help you determine the cause, and how to alleviate it.