I Need Help to rebuild my computer..

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Hi.
I need to know how to delete my whole computer and start fresh. I am having so much troulbe doing things. I have virus scanning going but still does not help. It picks up the virus but still messes up the computer. It is installed correctly, as all was well before what ever this problem I have now is. My comp just freezes after I go into things. or it takes upto 5 mins to get into anything

Thanx Julie
 
Hi Julie,

No offence intended, but judging by your post, I think your best bet is to
either contact the people you bought your PC from or find a friend who is
familiar with PC's to help you.

LOL, JAX

Skippyroo said:
Hi..
I need to know how to delete my whole computer and start fresh. I am
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having so much troulbe doing things. I have virus scanning going but still
does not help. It picks up the virus but still messes up the computer. It is
installed correctly, as all was well before what ever this problem I have
now is. My comp just freezes after I go into things. or it takes upto 5 mins
to get into anything.
 
Hi Julie,

Boot the WinXP CD, start the installer. Delete the existing system
partition, create a new one from the free space created. Format, run setup.
All existing files on the system will be gone.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Windows
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone



Skippyroo said:
Hi..
I need to know how to delete my whole computer and start fresh. I am
Click to expand...
having so much troulbe doing things. I have virus scanning going but still
does not help. It picks up the virus but still messes up the computer. It is
installed correctly, as all was well before what ever this problem I have
now is. My comp just freezes after I go into things. or it takes upto 5 mins
to get into anything.
 
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.
NOTE: If you have an internal Zip Drive installed,
physically disconnect the EIDE and power cable to it
before proceeding, otherwise your main hard drive may not
be assigned the customary C: drive letter.
After installing Windows XP, you may then reconnect it.


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 all 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".
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/cd/order.
asp
-you can order a cd with all the windows updates
thru oct 2003.

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]

-----Original Message-----
Hi..
I need to know how to delete my whole computer and start
Click to expand...
fresh. I am having so much troulbe doing things. I have
virus scanning going but still does not help. It picks up
the virus but still messes up the computer. It is
installed correctly, as all was well before what ever this
problem I have now is. My comp just freezes after I go
into things. or it takes upto 5 mins to get into anything.
 
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