What do I do after auto-nuking my hard drive?
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What do I do after auto-nuking my hard drive?
Hello guys. I'm a 50-year-old father of two who has a very limited computer knowledge. While trying to reset my computer from a bug of some sort, I did burn the image file to CD and wiped all the hard drive; how do I install the new windows or boot up my computer again? Thank you, I appreciate your help.
Re: What do I do after auto-nuking my hard drive?
What is your PC manufacturer and model?
Did it have a recovery partition and/or do you have media (CD/DVD)?
What wiping program/tool did you use?
Many manufacturers don't provide media any more and will instead have a recovery partition that you would boot to and restore the system to factory settings. If you used a program/tool such as DBaN you have probably deleted any recovery partition. I have used testdisk to recover partition before but if you used DBaN or similar I don't think that will be an option.
Further information is needed.
Did it have a recovery partition and/or do you have media (CD/DVD)?
What wiping program/tool did you use?
Many manufacturers don't provide media any more and will instead have a recovery partition that you would boot to and restore the system to factory settings. If you used a program/tool such as DBaN you have probably deleted any recovery partition. I have used testdisk to recover partition before but if you used DBaN or similar I don't think that will be an option.
Further information is needed.