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Wiping Hard Drive

Started by TheNewestCullen , Jan 04 2011 10:16 AM

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TheNewestCullen

Posted 04 January 2011 - 10:16 AM

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I have a Sony Vaio VGN-FW235D and I am using Windows Vista which came with the computer. I want to get rid of all documents and settings, but I do not have a windows disk. Is there any way to wipe the computer without the disk?
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rshaffer61

Posted 04 January 2011 - 10:23 AM

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Sony:
The key to use is F10 at Sony logo on startup to access the Recovery Partition. This should wipe the drive clean and restore it back to factory new settings.