What do you need to save before formatting your hard drive?

When a computer is slow, many people think that the solution is always format the hard drive . Although formatting is not always the most appropriate and doing it too often can take a toll on us, sometimes it may be appropriate to do so.

In either case, we have to take some precautions so that if you format the disk or partition then not be that missing files or drivers us and we spend some time reinstalling everything. In this article we tell you what things you should save before carrying out this process.

Which files to save before formatting

Formatting your computer will almost leave your PC as it came to the world. You 'll have to go back to putting on Windows or OS you want to use as if it came from the factory. If you do, it may not be possible to recover deleted or corrupted files with any recovery program.

You need an external hard disk , or a server in the cloud where you can do an online backup. Here you have a system that lets you keep everything. What you will have to watch to be saved is:

• Save all your documents: I mean images, video, Word, Excel and all kinds of content that you have created or saved. Even if you do not know if they will be worth, you will review it later.
• Save drivers: Some computers come with a disk you drivers for the hardware, but others may not have. In that case you will have to save them. They are in the Windows folder on your hard drive.
• Save the downloaded programs: all free software you've downloaded from the Internet is often convenient to have it saved not having to again.
• Make the recovery disk: you need the Windows disk to then reinstall it . If you are going to use another operating system, like Ubuntu, you will have to download the ISO file and save it to a CD.
• Copy the information from your browser: sometimes we forget to keep important information as "favorites" of your browser, and then do not let them see again and maybe we had pages.

Make sure you have the Windows installation disc , you also have a serial number. Once you've saved everything, and then you can start the process of formatting the disk dur or. For this we will have to enter the Windows installation disk and follow the instructions.

I insist that it is very important that you make a backup of all your files and programs before formatting, since otherwise we would lose those files.

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