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Savagefreak · 01-15-2009, 07:25 AM

Here's the story:
My dad's laptop is EXTREMELY slow with everything. (It takes around 5 minutes to load Firefox.)
It has a fancy Dual core proc., 1GB ram with Windows XP so that's isn't the problem.
It was lightning fast at first, but my dad installed a lot of bull**** app's.
Now, he won't let me install any antivirus (Because it made the laptop slow, I seriously lolled at that one.) and he refuses to re-install windows because there wouldn't be any drivers (tho, there is a damn driver disc supplied with the laptop).
Now I want to wreck my windows so he basicly HAS to reinstall Windows to make it at least compute-able.
Is there any remotely easy way to do this?

Grt, Savage.

**Skyline34** · 01-15-2009, 08:43 AM

Give him a slap in the face and say "I know more about computers than you ever will!"

Savagefreak · 01-15-2009, 08:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skyline34

Give him a slap in the face and say "I know more about computers than you ever will!"

No ty.

**ct-boy** · 01-15-2009, 08:58 AM

Install limewire on it download one of those fake 447kb songs that tell you need a certain player to play the music then install that and bam its ****ed up. Make sure you do it after he does something like opens a attachment on an email or installs a new program.

Savagefreak · 01-15-2009, 09:01 AM

No not install even more virusses on it.
I mean really **** it up.
As in making it unbootable.
My uncle once had an "NTLDR not found" error.
Mind telling me how to trigger that one?

**Skyline34** · 01-15-2009, 10:48 AM

Navigate to C:/Windows/System32/

Delete the file: 'command.com'

Now your computer/laptop won't boot

Savagefreak · 01-15-2009, 10:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skyline34

Navigate to C:/Windows/System32/

Delete the file: 'command.com'

Now your computer/laptop won't boot

It still boots.
(I am on the laptop atm, It can't hold up with me writing...)

**Nightcrawler** · 01-15-2009, 10:38 PM

use Knoppix Linux and delete the system32 folder on the computer

**leejames04** · 01-16-2009, 06:45 AM

Create a quick C++ console app that deletes win32 from the system 32 folder :P

**JoeDaStudd** · 01-16-2009, 08:41 AM

Use a system disk or live CD then either in command line or on the file browser start deleting random .dlls.

**p0p5ux** · 01-16-2009, 08:45 AM

If the drivers are the deelio then back them up with
Driver Magician...
Reinstall the whole thing ( I'd recommend installing a Custom Windows version like BAK's)

**BlackBurd** · 01-16-2009, 09:31 AM

windows 7 uses drivers from vista and usually works right out of the box.

except printer drivers you can get those from there websites.

**Auraomega** · 01-16-2009, 09:59 AM

Windows 7 is only on beta trial though, so it'll run out soon (August), not a good idea if you want a OS to last.

To screw windows up... well Vista finds its own way of doing that. XP theres a command with the recovery console that can mess up everything... I'm not gonna explain how though you'll have to do that.

The last option which doesn't exactly corrupt Windows and therefore I'm not against telling you is to destroy the MBR. Theres ways and means of doing this such as installing GRUB and then deleting the files from the harddrive, or using an MBR creator from PenDriveLinux and running the MBR batch file on the harddrive... for all intents and purposes this will seriously mess the HDD up so it won't boot any OS, its designed to be done on a flash drive to boot Linux. The OS will still be there, the MBR won't, so all the files will exist (if you want to prove you didn't format) but you won't be able to boot into Windows.

...and please don't do this to someone else, trust me people get annoyed when you remove their MBR.

-Aura

Savagefreak · 01-16-2009, 03:00 PM

Alright I deleted the NTLDR file (Turn "hide system files" off).
And it doesn't boot ;D
Now it's me to the rescue.
*grabs XP CD*

**Auraomega** · 01-16-2009, 03:22 PM

^.^

"Sometimes you've got to be cruel to be kind" - oh so true in this case, hope it sorts out everything... and please please please teach him the joys of a virus scanner and common sense with attachments, downloads, etc.

-Aura

**leejames04** · 01-16-2009, 09:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Auraomega

Windows 7 is only on beta trial though, so it'll run out soon (August), not a good idea if you want a OS to last.

Microsoft lied, it actually ends in July.

You could always take the time and put Mac OSx86 on there

**mohaas05** · 01-17-2009, 08:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by leejames04

Microsoft lied, it actually ends in July.

You could always take the time and put Mac OSx86 on there

OSX86 is terrible with hardware.

**Auraomega** · 01-17-2009, 09:29 AM

Isn't x86 32 bit? Normally 32 bit is much better supported on all fronts than 64 bit systems?

-Aura

**leejames04** · 01-17-2009, 10:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mohaas05

OSX86 is terrible with hardware.

If you have the time and patience, you can get it to work quite happily, I have and now i even have Quartz Extreme on mine, which can be a pain to get half the time.

**mohaas05** · 01-17-2009, 01:20 PM

Really? How do you go about making stuff work for it?

Savagefreak · 01-17-2009, 03:16 PM

I reinstalled it =D
Fast as hell again!

**leejames04** · 01-17-2009, 09:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mohaas05

Really? How do you go about making stuff work for it?

I use the isanely mac forums/wiki, You can easily check the compataitlity for the componets of the computer. It helps if you know everything about it usually using CPU-z helps a hellp of a lot.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Savagefreak

I reinstalled it =D
Fast as hell again!

Install NOD32 or ESET Smart Security quick! :P

**corytheidiot1** · 01-20-2009, 09:41 PM

Delete logon.exe, I had it get corrupted, on Vista but should work with XP. It got corrupted on this machine and it had an instant loop of trying to get it to run. Constantly stopping and restarting the process.

EDIT-----
AWWWW, to late.

**GW2** · 01-30-2009, 07:54 AM

switch the language on him behind his back and then tell him you dont know wahts going on. if nothing it will be fun.

**Sony boj** · 02-12-2009, 11:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Savagefreak

I reinstalled it =D
Fast as hell again!

Nice to hear!

01-15-2009, 07:25 AM	#1
Savagefreak No longer a community member. Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Nederland Posts: 3 Trader Feedback: 0	How do I wreck an Windows install? Here's the story: My dad's laptop is EXTREMELY slow with everything. (It takes around 5 minutes to load Firefox.) It has a fancy Dual core proc., 1GB ram with Windows XP so that's isn't the problem. It was lightning fast at first, but my dad installed a lot of bull**** app's. Now, he won't let me install any antivirus (Because it made the laptop slow, I seriously lolled at that one.) and he refuses to re-install windows because there wouldn't be any drivers (tho, there is a damn driver disc supplied with the laptop). Now I want to wreck my windows so he basicly HAS to reinstall Windows to make it at least compute-able. Is there any remotely easy way to do this? Grt, Savage.

01-15-2009, 08:43 AM	#2
Skyline34 QJ's Nice-guy :) My Mood: Join Date: Mar 2006 Real First Name: Randy Andy Location: UK Just Played: Nazi Zombies Posts: 4,158 Trader Feedback: 0	Give him a slap in the face and say "I know more about computers than you ever will!" __________________ Epic much?

01-15-2009, 08:58 AM	#4
ct-boy Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: England Posts: 1,037 Trader Feedback: 0	Install limewire on it download one of those fake 447kb songs that tell you need a certain player to play the music then install that and bam its ****ed up. Make sure you do it after he does something like opens a attachment on an email or installs a new program. __________________ I own a Playstation 3,PSP and a Wii add me on psn: azazin, [QUOTE=TheMasterChef]Who gives a rat's ass about the size anyway?? It is not like you carry it around every day.[/QUOTE]

01-15-2009, 10:48 AM	#6
Skyline34 QJ's Nice-guy :) My Mood: Join Date: Mar 2006 Real First Name: Randy Andy Location: UK Just Played: Nazi Zombies Posts: 4,158 Trader Feedback: 0	Navigate to C:/Windows/System32/ Delete the file: 'command.com' Now your computer/laptop won't boot __________________ Epic much?

01-16-2009, 08:41 AM	#10
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01-15-2009, 09:01 AM	#5
Savagefreak No longer a community member. Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Nederland Posts: 3 Trader Feedback: 0	No not install even more virusses on it. I mean really **** it up. As in making it unbootable. My uncle once had an "NTLDR not found" error. Mind telling me how to trigger that one?

01-15-2009, 10:38 PM	#8
Nightcrawler Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Nashville TN Posts: 2,014 Trader Feedback: 0	use Knoppix Linux and delete the system32 folder on the computer

01-16-2009, 06:45 AM	#9
leejames04 Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 330 Trader Feedback: 0	Create a quick C++ console app that deletes win32 from the system 32 folder :P

01-16-2009, 08:45 AM	#11
p0p5ux Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Mx, Mexico City Posts: 1,320 Trader Feedback: 0	If the drivers are the deelio then back them up with Driver Magician... Reinstall the whole thing ( I'd recommend installing a Custom Windows version like BAK's) __________________ [CENTER][RIGHT][COLOR=Lime][SIZE=6][FONT=Tahoma][B]Hideo1[/B][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [/RIGHT] [SIZE=1][COLOR=Silver][I][B]PSN: p0p5ux[/B][/I] [/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=1][COLOR=Silver][B]I have GTAIV and MGS4.[/B] [B]Don't play THAT much, but still play.[/B] [/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=1][COLOR=Silver][B]Cant remember my WFC..lol... [/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] [B][SIZE=5][COLOR=Lime]AWESOMENESS llllllllllllllllllllllllllll [/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [/CENTER]

01-16-2009, 09:31 AM	#12
BlackBurd Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: thugz mansion Posts: 875 Trader Feedback: 0	windows 7 uses drivers from vista and usually works right out of the box. except printer drivers you can get those from there websites. __________________ [QUOTE=SuperBatXS]I use my psp all the time in the plane. I was masturbating once while watching some lesbian videos when a fat lady beside me was sleeping and her really hot daughter next to her was getting ready for my dong to shove up her ding. Then, her daughter and I were about to go to the bathroom together but, the air hostess came to tell me i should stop right now. [U]I swear this happened.[/U] I am never taking my psp to the plane again. Always got my iPod though...hehe. ;)[/QUOTE]

01-16-2009, 09:59 AM	#13
Auraomega Ex PSP Dev Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: /root Posts: 863 Trader Feedback: 0	Windows 7 is only on beta trial though, so it'll run out soon (August), not a good idea if you want a OS to last. To screw windows up... well Vista finds its own way of doing that. XP theres a command with the recovery console that can mess up everything... I'm not gonna explain how though you'll have to do that. The last option which doesn't exactly corrupt Windows and therefore I'm not against telling you is to destroy the MBR. Theres ways and means of doing this such as installing GRUB and then deleting the files from the harddrive, or using an MBR creator from PenDriveLinux and running the MBR batch file on the harddrive... for all intents and purposes this will seriously mess the HDD up so it won't boot any OS, its designed to be done on a flash drive to boot Linux. The OS will still be there, the MBR won't, so all the files will exist (if you want to prove you didn't format) but you won't be able to boot into Windows. ...and please don't do this to someone else, trust me people get annoyed when you remove their MBR. -Aura __________________ *Live. Love. Be. Believe.* "Only two things are infinte, the universe and the human stupidity, and I am not too sure about the former" - Albert Einstein sǝʇɐɹɔos - ˙ƃuıɥʇou ʍouʞ noʎ ʇɐɥʇ ƃuıʍouʞ uı sʇsıxǝ ǝƃpǝlʍouʞ ǝnɹʇ

01-16-2009, 03:00 PM	#14
Savagefreak No longer a community member. Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Nederland Posts: 3 Trader Feedback: 0	Alright I deleted the NTLDR file (Turn "hide system files" off). And it doesn't boot ;D Now it's me to the rescue. grabs XP CD

01-16-2009, 03:22 PM	#15
Auraomega Ex PSP Dev Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: /root Posts: 863 Trader Feedback: 0	^.^ "Sometimes you've got to be cruel to be kind" - oh so true in this case, hope it sorts out everything... and please please please teach him the joys of a virus scanner and common sense with attachments, downloads, etc. -Aura __________________ *Live. Love. Be. Believe.* "Only two things are infinte, the universe and the human stupidity, and I am not too sure about the former" - Albert Einstein sǝʇɐɹɔos - ˙ƃuıɥʇou ʍouʞ noʎ ʇɐɥʇ ƃuıʍouʞ uı sʇsıxǝ ǝƃpǝlʍouʞ ǝnɹʇ

01-17-2009, 09:29 AM	#18
Auraomega Ex PSP Dev Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: /root Posts: 863 Trader Feedback: 0	Isn't x86 32 bit? Normally 32 bit is much better supported on all fronts than 64 bit systems? -Aura __________________ *Live. Love. Be. Believe.* "Only two things are infinte, the universe and the human stupidity, and I am not too sure about the former" - Albert Einstein sǝʇɐɹɔos - ˙ƃuıɥʇou ʍouʞ noʎ ʇɐɥʇ ƃuıʍouʞ uı sʇsıxǝ ǝƃpǝlʍouʞ ǝnɹʇ

01-17-2009, 01:20 PM	#20
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01-17-2009, 03:16 PM	#21
Savagefreak No longer a community member. Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Nederland Posts: 3 Trader Feedback: 0	I reinstalled it =D Fast as hell again!

01-20-2009, 09:41 PM	#23
corytheidiot1 Join Date: May 2008 Location: GA, USA Posts: 243 Trader Feedback: 0	Delete logon.exe, I had it get corrupted, on Vista but should work with XP. It got corrupted on this machine and it had an instant loop of trying to get it to run. Constantly stopping and restarting the process. EDIT----- AWWWW, to late.

01-30-2009, 07:54 AM	#24
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