help with formatting drive please

[devilsofdarkness]

Hi all im running a desktop system from Time computers which is a AMD SEMPRON...serial number20520 000214632/004 and having real probs with it.....it really needs to be completely formatted and windows installed for a clean start yet when we got the pc (mother bought it new from time) i dont recall it coming with any windows disks and have a feeling it had windows home xp already loaded in....so my problem is how can i format the drive without the disks???

 

On the top of the tower there is a product key which i think is to do with the windows application so can that help atall?

 

im a complete novice when it comes to the systemy stuff of pc so any help would be greatfully appreciated

 

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debi

[Jelly Bean]

Hello and welcome.

 

You may need to contact Time recovery disks.

 

Have you tried restartting the computer and possibly press F8,F11 or F12 to see if it brings a choice menu up to boot into a hidden recovery console?

[Dalo Harkin]

Time computers went bust so did Tiny (both owned by the same company Granville Technology) I would buy a new OEM OS disk and do a fresh install from scratch

[Tootech]

Try these guys, been good for my customers in the past, and it will save you messing around with finding drivers if you do a reinstall.

 

Time Laptop and Time Desktop and Tower PC Recovery CDs, Windows XP Repair CDs and Restore CDs from Genner Sales UK.