How to reformat my Asus laptop?

[BryanL]

Hey guys, I have been experiencing a few problems with my new Asus F8SN due to some installing of programs and minor tweeking. (Very slow shutdown and Getting a blank folder everytime I start my laptop) so I was thinking of doing a reformat. Is this advisable? I just want these problems to go away. I was thinking of just saving my music and movies and documents then reformating everything.

Do I just pop in the Recovery CDs that Asus supplied? What other things should I do just to make sure I dont screw up.

[kvehh]

nothing
u ar doing fine, just backup all your data u need like burn it on a dvd or whtever
then put in the recovery cd, restart the laptop
auto boot to recovery cd choose option 1,2,3 then start format

[_Webster_]

You can also consider creating an Windows install disc from the recovery disc http://www.howtohaven.com/system/cre...etupdisk.shtml. This way you can just repair Windows or just reinstall Windows on a partition and leave your data safely on a different partition.

[BryanL]

You can also consider creating an Windows install disc from the recovery disc http://www.howtohaven.com/system/cre...etupdisk.shtml. This way you can just repair Windows or just reinstall Windows on a partition and leave your data safely on a different partition.

Does that guide work with Vista?