Author: bluejets » April 16, 2009, 5:57 pm
Bear,
Format will delete your whole system and you will have to reload the lot. It may well fix your problem if there are two devices trying to use the same IRQ, but if you need to ask how to do it, then you may never get the PC up and working again ever.
Mouse and other hardware are loaded in the Bios (basic input output system) at the beginning of the boot-up (before Windows loads) This Bios does not change when you format the system so, to confuse you even more, a format may not fix your problem.
I sometimes have a glitch with my system where the keyboard /or the hard drive is not picked up during the bios load. It happens when I have powered the whole system down completely (ie turned power to the system off at the power outlet....not just at the pc ) When I power up and then immediately hit the power-on button on the PC is when this occurs.
If I turn the main power on and wait for a minute or so before starting the PC then I have no problems. Also, if leave the power on even when the PC has shut down, then I have no problems either. I suspect a glitch therefore in my power supply which somehow manages to fool the normal "power good" check that the PC does at boot up.
You might have similar problem or you may have a problem in your Bios. This can be checked to see which version you have and then upgraded if it is an older version but if you do not know what a format is then a bios update is out of your range.