COMPLETE RE-INSTALL

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AFTER GETTING A MESSAGE THAT MY CPU HAD A c:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG PROBLEM....WE TRIED TO DO A REPAIR AND THEN WAS TOLD TO DO A RE-INSTALL....NOW....CPU COMES UP WITH 2 COPIES OF XP AND YOU CHOOSE WHICH ONE YOU WANT....IF YOU CHOOSE THE FIRST...SYS BOOTS UP TO XP BUT THE GRAPHICS ARE TERRIBLE AND YOU CANNOT INSTALL ANY DRIVERS....YOU CAN LOOK IN c:DRIVE AND FIND ALL OF FILES FROM 1ST INSTALL...AND EVEN BRING UP SOME PROGHRAMS....IF YOU CHOOSE 2ND VERSION (WHICH IS THE ORIGINAL) SYS WILL NOT BOOT BUT A BLACK SCREEN THAT SAYS CANNOT START BECAUSE COMP. DISK HARDWARE CONFIG PROBLEM....COULD NOT READ FORM SEL. BOOT DISK...CHK BOOT PATH & DISK HARDWARE...
HAVE RUN DIAG. THAT SAYS ALL IS WELL....DI I NEED TO FORMAT HARD DRIVE & DO A NEW INSTALL?? ALSO...HAVE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE...IS THERE A STEP BY STEP GUIDE THAT A "DUMMY" CAN USE??? IF YOU DO A NEW INSTALL W/FORMAT....WIL IT GUIDE YOU /PROMPT YOU TO THE STEPS YOU NEED TO TAKE??? ALSO....DO I NEED A START UP DISK OR WILL I BE ABLE TO BOOT TO THE CD ROM WHICH I HAVE LISTED AS MY 1ST BOOT?
IF I DO A FORMAT....WIL MY CPU BIOS STILL BE THERE? I AM NEW TO THIS AND WOULD LOVE TO LEARN TO FIX PROBS MYSELF......IF I LOSE ALL THE FILES FROM MY PREVIOUS INSTALL....THERE IS REALLY NOTHING I CANNOT REPLACE...AS IN PROG, FOR EX. IF I FORMAT....WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP AFTER IT SAYS DRIVE FORMATTED
DO YOU THINK A FIRST TIME DUMMY CAN DO THIS? OR AM I CREATING MORE THAN CAN BE FIXED??
ALSO, MY DELL 2300 CAME WITH EVERYTHING SETUP....BUT I HAVE ALL THE DISKS....EX: XP HOME EDTION, RESOURCE/DRIVERS CD, MONITOR SETUP CD, AND ALL PROGRAMS....WILL I BE ABLE TO FORMAT AND USE ALL OF THIS TO RE-INSTALL/ OR IS THERE OTHER PROGRAMS (DIAGS) I HAVE TO HAVE TO BE ABLE TO RE-INSTALL AND GET MY CPU GOING AGAIN? I AM DISABLED W/LIMITED INCOME AND CANNOT AFFORD EXP. REPAIRS...NEED TO DO THIS MYSELF IF YOU THINK A FIRST TIMER CAN......PLEASE BE HONEST ABOUT THE DEGREE OF WHAT IT TAKES TO DO THIS....I HAVE A LOT OF PATIENCE....THAT'S ABOUT ALL I DO POSESS......THANX FOR ALL THE TIME & HELP....IF THERE ARE STEP BY STEP GUIDES....I THINK I MAY BE ABLE TO DO THIS????
I DON'T CARE IF YOU POST MY EMAIL.....WE HAVE ANOTHER CPU W/ INTERNET SO I CAN ACCESS MY E-MAIL....IF ANYONE WOULD BE SO KIND AS TO HELP WALK ME THRU ALL THIS....IT WOULD BE most APPRECIATIVE!!!!
 
The Windows XP CD is bootable and contains all the tools necessary
to partition and format your drive. Follow this procedure and allow
Windows XP to partition and format your drive:

NOTE: It would be best to physically disconnect all your peripheral hardware
devices, except the monitor, mouse and keyboard, before installing XP.

1. Open your BIOS and set your "CD Drive as the first bootable device".

===> Accessing Motherboard BIOS
===> http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/bios_manufacturer.htm

2. Insert your Windows XP CD in the CD Drive and reboot your computer.
3. You'll see a message to boot to the CD....follow the instructions.
4. The setup menu will appear and you should elect to delete the existing
Windows partitions, then create a new partition, then format the primary
partition (preferably NTFS) and proceed to install Windows XP.

5. Clean Install Windows XP
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

[Courtesy of Michael Stevens, MS-MVP]

6. ==> Immediately after installing Windows XP, turn on XP's Firewall.
==> http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

7. After Windows XP is installed, visit the Windows Update website
and download the available "Critical Updates".

8. After installing the critical updates, be sure and visit the support website
of the manufacturer of the computer to download and install any
available Windows XP compatible drivers, such as video adapter
and audio drivers.

9. If you happen to run into any installation difficulties, use the following resources:

How to Troubleshoot Windows XP Problems During Installation
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;310064

Troubleshooting Windows XP Setup
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_setup.htm

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Kelly Theriot]


--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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| AFTER GETTING A MESSAGE THAT MY CPU HAD A c:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG PROBLEM....WE TRIED TO DO A REPAIR AND
THEN WAS TOLD TO DO A RE-INSTALL....NOW....CPU COMES UP WITH 2 COPIES OF XP AND YOU CHOOSE WHICH ONE YOU
WANT....IF YOU CHOOSE THE FIRST...SYS BOOTS UP TO XP BUT THE GRAPHICS ARE TERRIBLE AND YOU CANNOT INSTALL ANY
DRIVERS....YOU CAN LOOK IN c:DRIVE AND FIND ALL OF FILES FROM 1ST INSTALL...AND EVEN BRING UP SOME
PROGHRAMS....IF YOU CHOOSE 2ND VERSION (WHICH IS THE ORIGINAL) SYS WILL NOT BOOT BUT A BLACK SCREEN THAT SAYS
CANNOT START BECAUSE COMP. DISK HARDWARE CONFIG PROBLEM....COULD NOT READ FORM SEL. BOOT DISK...CHK BOOT PATH
& DISK HARDWARE....
| HAVE RUN DIAG. THAT SAYS ALL IS WELL....DI I NEED TO FORMAT HARD DRIVE & DO A NEW INSTALL?? ALSO...HAVE
NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE...IS THERE A STEP BY STEP GUIDE THAT A "DUMMY" CAN USE??? IF YOU DO A NEW INSTALL
W/FORMAT....WIL IT GUIDE YOU /PROMPT YOU TO THE STEPS YOU NEED TO TAKE??? ALSO....DO I NEED A START UP DISK
OR WILL I BE ABLE TO BOOT TO THE CD ROM WHICH I HAVE LISTED AS MY 1ST BOOT??
| IF I DO A FORMAT....WIL MY CPU BIOS STILL BE THERE? I AM NEW TO THIS AND WOULD LOVE TO LEARN TO FIX PROBS
MYSELF......IF I LOSE ALL THE FILES FROM MY PREVIOUS INSTALL....THERE IS REALLY NOTHING I CANNOT REPLACE...AS
IN PROG, FOR EX. IF I FORMAT....WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP AFTER IT SAYS DRIVE FORMATTED?
| DO YOU THINK A FIRST TIME DUMMY CAN DO THIS? OR AM I CREATING MORE THAN CAN BE FIXED???
| ALSO, MY DELL 2300 CAME WITH EVERYTHING SETUP....BUT I HAVE ALL THE DISKS....EX: XP HOME EDTION,
RESOURCE/DRIVERS CD, MONITOR SETUP CD, AND ALL PROGRAMS....WILL I BE ABLE TO FORMAT AND USE ALL OF THIS TO
RE-INSTALL/ OR IS THERE OTHER PROGRAMS (DIAGS) I HAVE TO HAVE TO BE ABLE TO RE-INSTALL AND GET MY CPU GOING
AGAIN? I AM DISABLED W/LIMITED INCOME AND CANNOT AFFORD EXP. REPAIRS...NEED TO DO THIS MYSELF IF YOU THINK A
FIRST TIMER CAN......PLEASE BE HONEST ABOUT THE DEGREE OF WHAT IT TAKES TO DO THIS....I HAVE A LOT OF
PATIENCE....THAT'S ABOUT ALL I DO POSESS......THANX FOR ALL THE TIME & HELP....IF THERE ARE STEP BY STEP
GUIDES....I THINK I MAY BE ABLE TO DO THIS????
| I DON'T CARE IF YOU POST MY EMAIL.....WE HAVE ANOTHER CPU W/ INTERNET SO I CAN ACCESS MY E-MAIL....IF
ANYONE WOULD BE SO KIND AS TO HELP WALK ME THRU ALL THIS....IT WOULD BE most APPRECIATIVE!!!!
 
Hey! Do not post using all caps! Your post is excruciatingly difficult to
read. Tell all your friends to stop the all caps posts.

NC4DM1 said:
AFTER GETTING A MESSAGE THAT MY CPU HAD A c:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG
Click to expand...
PROBLEM....WE TRIED TO DO A REPAIR AND THEN WAS TOLD TO DO A
RE-INSTALL....NOW....CPU COMES UP WITH 2 COPIES OF XP AND YOU CHOOSE WHICH
ONE YOU WANT....IF YOU CHOOSE THE FIRST...SYS BOOTS UP TO XP BUT THE
GRAPHICS ARE TERRIBLE AND YOU CANNOT INSTALL ANY DRIVERS....YOU CAN LOOK IN
c:DRIVE AND FIND ALL OF FILES FROM 1ST INSTALL...AND EVEN BRING UP SOME
PROGHRAMS....IF YOU CHOOSE 2ND VERSION (WHICH IS THE ORIGINAL) SYS WILL NOT
BOOT BUT A BLACK SCREEN THAT SAYS CANNOT START BECAUSE COMP. DISK HARDWARE
CONFIG PROBLEM....COULD NOT READ FORM SEL. BOOT DISK...CHK BOOT PATH & DISK
HARDWARE....
HAVE RUN DIAG. THAT SAYS ALL IS WELL....DI I NEED TO FORMAT HARD DRIVE &
Click to expand...
DO A NEW INSTALL?? ALSO...HAVE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE...IS THERE A STEP BY
STEP GUIDE THAT A "DUMMY" CAN USE??? IF YOU DO A NEW INSTALL
W/FORMAT....WIL IT GUIDE YOU /PROMPT YOU TO THE STEPS YOU NEED TO TAKE???
ALSO....DO I NEED A START UP DISK OR WILL I BE ABLE TO BOOT TO THE CD ROM
WHICH I HAVE LISTED AS MY 1ST BOOT??
IF I DO A FORMAT....WIL MY CPU BIOS STILL BE THERE? I AM NEW TO THIS AND
Click to expand...
WOULD LOVE TO LEARN TO FIX PROBS MYSELF......IF I LOSE ALL THE FILES FROM MY
PREVIOUS INSTALL....THERE IS REALLY NOTHING I CANNOT REPLACE...AS IN PROG,
FOR EX. IF I FORMAT....WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP AFTER IT SAYS DRIVE FORMATTED?
DO YOU THINK A FIRST TIME DUMMY CAN DO THIS? OR AM I CREATING MORE THAN CAN BE FIXED???
ALSO, MY DELL 2300 CAME WITH EVERYTHING SETUP....BUT I HAVE ALL THE
Click to expand...
DISKS....EX: XP HOME EDTION, RESOURCE/DRIVERS CD, MONITOR SETUP CD, AND ALL
PROGRAMS....WILL I BE ABLE TO FORMAT AND USE ALL OF THIS TO RE-INSTALL/ OR
IS THERE OTHER PROGRAMS (DIAGS) I HAVE TO HAVE TO BE ABLE TO RE-INSTALL AND
GET MY CPU GOING AGAIN? I AM DISABLED W/LIMITED INCOME AND CANNOT AFFORD
EXP. REPAIRS...NEED TO DO THIS MYSELF IF YOU THINK A FIRST TIMER
CAN......PLEASE BE HONEST ABOUT THE DEGREE OF WHAT IT TAKES TO DO
THIS....I HAVE A LOT OF PATIENCE....THAT'S ABOUT ALL I DO POSESS......THANX
FOR ALL THE TIME & HELP....IF THERE ARE STEP BY STEP GUIDES....I THINK I
MAY BE ABLE TO DO THIS????
I DON'T CARE IF YOU POST MY EMAIL.....WE HAVE ANOTHER CPU W/ INTERNET
Click to expand...
SO I CAN ACCESS MY E-MAIL....IF ANYONE WOULD BE SO KIND AS TO HELP WALK ME
THRU ALL THIS....IT WOULD BE most APPRECIATIVE!!!!
 
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