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        How to format PC
        31/05/2026

        
    


    
    
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                WHAT IS IT AND WHAT IS THE USE OF FORMATTING THE PC?
            
            
                BOOTABLE USB TO FORMAT A PC
            
            
                STEPS TO FORMAT A PC
            
        
    

    
    
        
            
                WHAT IS IT AND WHAT IS THE USE OF FORMATTING THE PC?
                Formatting a PC means totally erasing the information that exists on the PC???s storage hard drive. In this sense, the operating system that was installed is also eliminated, so that the storage device is completely free.
                    Formatting the PC serves as a strategy that is applied for those occasions in which the operating system is unstable and a new installation of it is required. Also when there is suspicion of a virus that cannot be destroyed, if the equipment works very slowly or also because:
                    
                        Eliminate garbage : Makes  the  process  much  simpler,  by  leaving  the  device clean, it is from scratch. 
                        Delete viruses and harmful files : By deleting all files, you can be certain that viruses, Trojans and the like are also deleted. 
                    
            
        

        
            
                BOOTABLE USB TO FORMAT A PC

                Requeriments:
                
                    USB WITH 8GB (+)
                    ISO DE WINDOWS
                    RUFUS: Link
                
                

                
                    
                        Create booteable with Rufus :
                        
                            Open Rufus.
                            Click select (here select the location of the Windows .iso)
                            Change partition scheme to MBR.
                            Name the volume label.
                            Click on start (wait for the process to finish)
                            It should look like the following image.
                        
                    
                    
                        
                    
                
            
        

        
            
                STEPS TO FORMAT A PC

                

                
                    
                        Click on start, and restart the pc and connect the bootable usb.
                        
                    
                    
                        Configure the pc to boot from the bootable usb, for this we need to enter the bios (depending on the brand of the pc, press the keyboard, for acer: f2, asus: esc or f2, compaq: f10, dell: f2, hp: f10, lenovo: f1 or f2, toshiba: f1 or esc). once in the bios, go to the boot section and select the usb and upload it as the first option. 
                        
                    
                    
                        Go to the save & exit section, select save changes and exit and click on yes, the pc will automatically restart.
                        
                    
                    
                        Select your language and click on next.
                        
                    
                    
                        Click install now.
                        
                    
                    
                        Accept terms and click on next.
                        
                    
                    
                        Select custom: install windows only (advanced), this will allow you to format the hard drive during the installation.  
                        
                    
                    
                         Select the partition to format, click format and then delete, this may take a couple of minutes to complete. 
                        
                    
                    
                        Select the partition and click on next, to start the installation process.
                        
                    
                    
                        The windows installation process follows its process.
                        
                    
                    
                        In this process we disconnect the bootable usb, and let it restart automatically. 
                        
                    
                    
                        This may take a couple of minutes.
                        
                    
                    
                        We will start with the basic configurations, select the region, then it will ask us to select a network connection, we click on i don???t have internet.
                        
                    
                    
                        Continue with the configuration, here we will place the name that the pc will have, and then if necessary we will put a password....