I'll pm you a webpage as that kind of stuff is not alloud on the cafe. You really need to have a windows xp disk though, sometimes you have a folder in your c: named i386 which is basically a backup of the installation. You can try running through that, but last time i tried it would not let me and i had to download a disk.
Oh and when it comes to activating your product of windows xp you are going to have to ring up the customer desk. If you have already activated your cd-key over the internet once it will not allow you to do this again over the net.
Hi there, all original Windows XP CD's are bootable. Put the CD in the drive, restart the computer don't just shut down and restart -actually power the machine down and switch on again using the switch).
At some point you will be prompted to " Press any key to boot from CD" - Press a key (eg space bar).
You will then be guided through a reinstall including the reformat of the hard drive (remember to back up any data you may want to keep before you start the whole process).
After 30-40 minutes of reinstallation (with some input from you) it should all be done.
If you have any specific issues then please drop me a pm....
Hope it goes well
M
also make sure you backup any stuff you want to keep.
Otherwise you could end up losing any pictures documents and things like that.
Another thing you may want to do first is to make sure you have the software for the hardware you have... drivers, etc... esp any modem drivers.
Take it from someone who knows... its not fun trying to find CD's for the modem.......
Do not re-format except as a last dititch option!!!!!
There are easyer ways, if you have a real XP disk, not a manufactures "restore" which basically formats, partitions, and then re-installs the pc to the state it was at when you brought it.
New PC's now dont even have the bloody disks except as a pay option, they have a partition on the HD that contains the "restore" which is a bloody good con as you either pay for real disks, or if you decide you dont want the OS and software you cant get a re-fund as even tho the cost is factored into the machine cost there is nothing to return for a re-fund from good old MS, but i digress....
If you have a real "OS" disk, then when it asks you what you want to do, select "new OS" instead of "upgrade" or "repair" then install the new version into a different directory and once you are happy that it all works ok, delete the original OS directory....
This means that you get a clean/new OS install, all your data is still there, and if the new version is missing anything you can re-boot to the old version to get web access to download the drivers you require...
You will need to re-install all your other software and stuff.
Its a good idea for anyone buying a new pc to re-install everything as soon as you get it booted, this means you know it can be done and how.. before you end up with 5 years of data you just cant be without and find its not possible to get it saved or backed up when the OS needs re-instaltion.
I always re-install the OS every 6-12 months on any pc I have to clear out the dross and install the newest drivers and software instead of "upgrading" as the old versions are often left lying about or little bits of them are.
Another good idea is to format/partition your HD into at least 2 "drives" so you have "C" which is about 10gig and "D" which is what ever is left... only put programs on C and put all your data, pictures, files, etc on the D drive... then you can back that up and know that at the worst you format C and re-install the software and then you're up and running as all your data still exists on D
Please tell me you mean 'partition' otherwise my PC is fucked!! I haven't got any 'petitions' on mine....
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If you look at the bottom corner next to the clock and you have loads of little icons there then it probably best you find out what they are and remove any you don't use because they all take up CPU/Memory. Also check out how much space you have on your hard disk - in reality you want over 5GBs free with XP because it uses virtual memory along with actually memory for spooling and performance. Also press Ctrl-Alt-Del altogether and that'll tell you want programs are running in the background and if you know what your looking for you can find the programs that are running that aren't needed plus its also worth downloading the beta spyware program from microsoft which is a free trial because that found loads of ad ware and spyware running in the background
Hope this helps
Stretch
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Keep in mind that most people are not ver lterate with the insides of there computers amd althought you are correct with your advise it is rather dangerous for someone who does not know how the insides of a computer work to delete any running process or even further. He / she might crush the whole system.
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