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Reformat

Page history last edited by The Overseer 9 years, 11 months ago

Reformat Procedure

 

 

 

  1. Back the system up
  2. Clean & test the computer
  3. Reinstall back to factory stock 

 

 

Cleaning:

 

You need electronic wipes and screen cleaning wipes.  They do sell a combo wipe that is safe for screens.

 

http://www.amazon.com/Max-Professional-2091-Electronic-Cleaning/dp/B00322H5W4/

 

Canned air

Electric canned air

Vacuum

 

 

  1. Macrium:
    1. Clone to 2TB USB backupV
    2. Verify (checkbox = auto)
    3. Manually test mounting
  2. Clean:
    1. Electronic wipes
    2. Monitor wipes
    3. Dust (keyboard, inside of case, fans, power supply, etc.) 
  3. Belarc to 2TB USB
  4. Memtest86+ (6 passes)
  5. HDTune (verify HDD speed & status) 
  6. Copy any non-copy files (ex. Favorites from Chrome, email NK2, etc.) 
  7. Uninstall Office & Adobe (for license de-registration)
  8. Gather install media (OS & software)
  9. Install Windows & Office, drivers, updates, activate Windows & Office
  10. Install 2014 standard software package
  11. Install customer software
  12. Copy Macrium clone to desktop & recover immediate files (desktop, my docs, etc.) 
  13.  

 

Managing original drive clones & image masters

SSD trick (install to SSD then clone/expand) for a faster install

 

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