Precautions to take befor FORMATTING my laptop?

Question

Hi,

I wuld like to FORMAT my sony laptop.

Its hving XP-HOME.

This sony laptop it self hving the in-built formatting option. I mean, there is a iocn on the desktop screen, if I double click this icon, formatting will start.

There is one more option that, I can take the SYSTEM RECOVRY into a CD/DVD.

I know I need to take all my documents, notes, photoes, music and other my stuff, before fermatting my laptop.

so, apart from taing BACK-UP, pls. let me know, the instructions, suggestions, preautions etc. before formatting.

thanq

Answer 1

Just backup any data you want to keep and make sure you have a copy of all the latest drivers for the system devices.

IE sound card, graphics chip, motherboard etc.

Answer 2

you sound like you have the right idea so far, just make sure you have the backups on removable media not somewhere else on the hard drive.  and be sure to read the instructions and information that the program provides you when you runn it to make sure you are formation the hard drive nor restoring it or repairing it.

thats all i can think of

hope it helps