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can someone give me a website on how to step by step clear my system so i can
then reload it al back on?????
thanks will
then reload it al back on?????
thanks will
T
Thomas Kuck
Please specify what you mean by 'clearing the system'. How and where you
're-load' is dependent on that.
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're-load' is dependent on that.
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well as u know my computer has been having errors so i thought if i delete
and reload the whole thing or maybe just wipe the harddrive????
and reload the whole thing or maybe just wipe the harddrive????
T
Thomas Kuck
Step 1 would be to back up all your data files (documents, downloads)
onto CD.
Step 2 depends whether you have Windows System Disks or a Recovery Drive
(this would be *Hard Drive* D: in most cases with names like Recovery).
With the CDs you just put the first one in your CD drive and restart
your computer. You will then be given two options: one will be the
destructive option which will *format *your drive and re-install your
operating system from scratch and the other will only re-install your
operating system. I would suggest to try option 2 first as this is
gentler (mostly on your nerves).
Let us know if you got the CDs or a recovery drive first!!!!
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onto CD.
Step 2 depends whether you have Windows System Disks or a Recovery Drive
(this would be *Hard Drive* D: in most cases with names like Recovery).
With the CDs you just put the first one in your CD drive and restart
your computer. You will then be given two options: one will be the
destructive option which will *format *your drive and re-install your
operating system from scratch and the other will only re-install your
operating system. I would suggest to try option 2 first as this is
gentler (mostly on your nerves).
Let us know if you got the CDs or a recovery drive first!!!!
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Guest
i have the windows professional disk and the driver disk on floppy???? i also
have alot more
have alot more
G
Guest
if i do this does that mean i will have to load all the drivers and
everything back on??? and how long do you think it would take??
thanks will
everything back on??? and how long do you think it would take??
thanks will
J
Jimmy S.
Hi Will,
After you reinstall Windows, you'll need to visit the Windows Update
site install all the latest drivers and security updates.
Here's a great beginners guide on how to reinstall Windows:
http://pcworld.about.com/magazine/2109p156id111652.htm
Time frame for the above... keep your afternoon open.
However, you might not need to reinstall Windows.
You might just need to repair your installation:
How to repair Windows XP (takes less time than reinstalling):
Unplug from your Internet connection, and then repair Windows:
using this method: http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
Afterwards, boot up your system, turn on your XP Internet Firewall,
plug back into your Internet connection and install all Critical and
Recommended updates from: http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com
--
Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
Visit my MSN Games and Windows Gaming Help Site: www.msce.mvps.org
MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
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Will Wrote:
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| if i do this does that mean i will have to load all the drivers and
| everything back on??? and how long do you think it would take??
| thanks will
|
| "Will" wrote:
|
|| i have the windows professional disk and the driver disk on floppy???? i also
|| have alot more
||
|| "Thomas Kuck" wrote:
||
||| Step 1 would be to back up all your data files (documents, downloads)
||| onto CD.
||| Step 2 depends whether you have Windows System Disks or a Recovery Drive
||| (this would be *Hard Drive* D: in most cases with names like Recovery).
||| With the CDs you just put the first one in your CD drive and restart
||| your computer. You will then be given two options: one will be the
||| destructive option which will *format *your drive and re-install your
||| operating system from scratch and the other will only re-install your
||| operating system. I would suggest to try option 2 first as this is
||| gentler (mostly on your nerves).
||| Let us know if you got the CDs or a recovery drive first!!!!
|||
||| Will wrote:
|||| well as u know my computer has been having errors so i thought if i delete
|||| and reload the whole thing or maybe just wipe the harddrive????
||||
|||| "Thomas Kuck" wrote:
||||
||||
||||| Please specify what you mean by 'clearing the system'. How and where you
||||| 're-load' is dependent on that.
|||||
||||| Will wrote:
|||||
|||||| can someone give me a website on how to step by step clear my system so i can
|||||| then reload it al back on?????
|||||| thanks will
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After you reinstall Windows, you'll need to visit the Windows Update
site install all the latest drivers and security updates.
Here's a great beginners guide on how to reinstall Windows:
http://pcworld.about.com/magazine/2109p156id111652.htm
Time frame for the above... keep your afternoon open.
However, you might not need to reinstall Windows.
You might just need to repair your installation:
How to repair Windows XP (takes less time than reinstalling):
Unplug from your Internet connection, and then repair Windows:
using this method: http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
Afterwards, boot up your system, turn on your XP Internet Firewall,
plug back into your Internet connection and install all Critical and
Recommended updates from: http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com
--
Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
Visit my MSN Games and Windows Gaming Help Site: www.msce.mvps.org
MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
_________________________________________________________
Will Wrote:
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| if i do this does that mean i will have to load all the drivers and
| everything back on??? and how long do you think it would take??
| thanks will
|
| "Will" wrote:
|
|| i have the windows professional disk and the driver disk on floppy???? i also
|| have alot more
||
|| "Thomas Kuck" wrote:
||
||| Step 1 would be to back up all your data files (documents, downloads)
||| onto CD.
||| Step 2 depends whether you have Windows System Disks or a Recovery Drive
||| (this would be *Hard Drive* D: in most cases with names like Recovery).
||| With the CDs you just put the first one in your CD drive and restart
||| your computer. You will then be given two options: one will be the
||| destructive option which will *format *your drive and re-install your
||| operating system from scratch and the other will only re-install your
||| operating system. I would suggest to try option 2 first as this is
||| gentler (mostly on your nerves).
||| Let us know if you got the CDs or a recovery drive first!!!!
|||
||| Will wrote:
|||| well as u know my computer has been having errors so i thought if i delete
|||| and reload the whole thing or maybe just wipe the harddrive????
||||
|||| "Thomas Kuck" wrote:
||||
||||
||||| Please specify what you mean by 'clearing the system'. How and where you
||||| 're-load' is dependent on that.
|||||
||||| Will wrote:
|||||
|||||| can someone give me a website on how to step by step clear my system so i can
|||||| then reload it al back on?????
|||||| thanks will
||||||
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