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Reformatting a PC is quite simple using Microsoft Windows XP. First of all is setting up your desktop computer to boot from the CD-ROM. This could be completed in the BIOS menu. Almost all mainboards is providing this menu by pressing delete button from the keyboard while the computer is booting. This will bring you into the BIOS menu. From the BIOS menu, you will have to select the booting sequence and choose the first boot device to the CD-ROM. Once this is done, you can put your Windows XP CD installer into the CD-ROM and reboot the computer. This would take you to the Windows XP installation menu. In the installation menu you can choose how you desire to continue with your installation.

A good piece of advice would be to backup everything before you proceed with the formatting.
Formatting a computer deletes everything on the hard drive, and so if you safe any music or documents that you consider is very important, back them up onto an external hard drive or a CD before you continue.

The first option is installing Windows again together with the existing operating system. This is not the option we want, so i advise you to ignore this selection. You need to select the format option. From Windows XP installation wizard you can select either quick format or regular format. With a 120 GB drive a quick formatting will take about ten minutes to complete, while a regular format needs up to one hour. Quick format would be the good option.

After you select format, all you need to do is wait. If the format process is accomplished you have to get through the steps of Windows installation. After all the process is done your computer will be fresh and as smooth as the day you bought it from the shops.

An error in computer sometimes generates different effects such as pop ups, entire system are suddenly shut down. When this happens, you can loose your data.

We can correct a computer error, but we cannot avoid having errors in our computer.

When a computer error shows up, the important thing for us to do is to understand what the errors are, how to fix it and understand how to minimize the error in the future.
If we don’t have the ability to fix it on our own, we need an experts help. But, for sure is that we recognize the error to get the correct problem solving.

Computer errors are mostly generated because there is a conflict between commands.

Computer is essentially operates by serial commands. But, it will be generating an error when a command conflicts with the other command or when a command is asking for and information or a process that does not available.

A simple example of this typical error is when a user tries to operate an application that is not compatible with the operating system.

Most software are included with a user guide, inside that user guide there is a list of system requirements, which indicates what a computer needs to have, so that the software can work properly.
To minimize an error then you should follow the instructions given in the user guide and verify that your computer meets the minimum requirements.

A program that requires 32 MB of free memory, will generates an error if the amount of free memory in your computer is less than 32 MB.

Some programs sometimes are using a shared common files, an error will be generated when this shared files is not updated or missing.

As an example, if you install a program, let’s say Program A and later you install Program B that uses the shared files from Program A that you’ve installed previously. Later on, when you run Program B, it will generate error because the shared files that installed with Program A is outdated.
To fix this error than you must download an update version of the shared files.

A computer error can also be generated because of a missing drivers or incorrect driver version.

These errors can be resolved by updating the drivers.

These errors can be reduced if you are setting the software to update automatically.

As for the whole system, make sure to update continuously or set to update automatically

This article is only discussing common errors of a computer or software. For a specific error problem you may refer to software documentation. As most computer software will be equipped with a documentation.