Only one drive with one partition: Actually I thought I would be a wiseguy
and boot to a Windows 98 c prompt and install Partition Commander and made
another partition to put the Photoshop scratch file and the pagesys file on
that partition but I haven't done that yet:
If I do, I can install System Commander at the same time and it will sniff
around the drive trying to find differing installations of whatever is there
Open MY COMPUTER......how many drives or partitions are shown?
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Nicholas
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| Well as I mentioned, I told it to reformat NTFS and now it does appear to
| be NTFS whereas it was FAT32 before but I am having the instability
problems
| you mentioned.
|
| I am however still wondering how I can cure these without impairing
existing
| software on my computer. Is there no way of doing this?
|
| Can I not identify which installation of XP is being used and delete the
| other? Or are there hidden files which are making it unstable which I
| cannot in any event delete? (I suppose 2 versions of io.sys would do
this?)
|
| (The instability is in text in open screens flickering up and down and
being
| almost completely uncontrollable)
|
|
| | If you, in fact, reformatted your drive, then there should be absolutely
| no old files or programs left over. Since one cannot install one language
| version of Windows over another, I suspect you managed to install the
| English version of XP in the same partition as the Spanish version.
| That's why I suggested deleting all partitions on the drive, create a
| new partition, format the partition and reinstall XP "clean".
|
| Note: During XP's initial setup phase, did you select "Upgrade" or
| "New Installation"? If you selected "New Installation", then you did
| not perform an upgrade and remnants of the Spanish version still
| remain on your drive. Having two operating systems installed on
| one partition is not desirable and will eventually lead to stability
| issues.
|
| However, if you are content with your computer as it is, then uninstall
| Norton and then reinstall it. It is never a good idea to have an
antivirus
| program installed while undertaking a major upgrade. But like I mentioned
| earlier, one cannot use an English version of XP and "Upgrade" a
| Spanish version to an English version.
|
| How to use the Norton SystemWorks cleanup utility (SymClean)
|
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nsw.nsf/docid/2001101612274407
|
| Download and run the above Symantec cleanup utility, reboot your computer,
| logon with Administrator privileges, then proceed to install Norton 2002
or
| 2003
| only.
|
|
| --
| Nicholas
|
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|
| |
| | Hi Nicholas
| |
| | That is exactly what I did and even though it reformatted my drive I am
| | reluctant to do it again rather than use Windows apparent backup service
| to
| | restore something which is on my hard drive
| |
| | Would your suggested method COMPLETELY and irretrievably destroy my
Norton
| | AntiVirus installation of whatever type it is/was along with ALL
| | registration data and validation indications? (it isn't clear from your
| | message if you had considered this somewhat important point before
telling
| | someone else to destroy all the files on their computer, - if that is
what
| | you were telling me)
| |
| | Did you read the bit of my message which said that the whole point of
the
| | message was to USE that software rather than DESTROY it?
| |
| | Are you sure you answered my question and not someone else's?
| |
| | I am afraid experience over the last decade tells me always to get very
| | suspicious when someone tells me to destroy everything on my hard drive
| and
| | re-install everything all over again: In this regard
| |
| | I am especially interested in the second word of your reply.
| |
| | There is absolutely no indication whatsoever or even implication or even
| | oblique implication that there is anything corrupt in my installation;
Or
| | what did you mysteriously see that I missed? Or was it my use of the
| words
| | "And I formatted the drive NTFS which it wasn't before" (which I don't
| THINK
| | lends itself to much in the way of interpretation) which led you to
| believe
| | that I had upgraded anything?
| |
| | Are you sure you should be giving advice like this to people who might
not
| | know what they are doing?
| |
| | L2Q
| |
| | | | It appears you have a corrupt installation of Windows XP. One cannot
| | upgrade over one language version using another language version. If
| | I were you, I'd start over. Also, one cannot use the license (Product
| Key)
| | from one language version with a different language version. You need
| | a license (Product Key) for an English version of XP.
| |
| | Cannot Upgrade or Install a Different Language Version of Windows XP
| |
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;282089
| |
| | 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:
| |
| | 1. Open your BIOS and set your CD Drive as the first bootable device.
| | 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(s), 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. After installing Windows XP, 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.
| |
| | 7. It would be best to physically disconnect all your peripheral
| hardware
| | devices, except for you mouse and keyboard, before installing XP.
| | After XP is installed, visit the support website of the
| manufacturer
| | of each hardware device to obtain the latest drivers or software
| | designed to work with Windows XP.
| |
| |
| | --
| | Nicholas
| |
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| |
| | | |
| | | Just bought a new computer but found that it had XP in Spanish on it
| | |
| | | SO I took note of the product key and over-installed an English
version
| of
| | | XP which all went fairly well
| | |
| | | And I formatted the drive NTFS which it wasn't before because I
stupidly
| | | didn't think I needed any of the old Spanish programs
| | |
| | | NOW I find that I have a folder in Spanish called old programs which
has
| | all
| | | the old software on it. SO I deleted AOL and everything else which I
| | thought
| | | I didn't need, not really understanding where it had come from.
| | |
| | | I suppose it is OK to do this, even with the various system folders?
| | |
| | | Suddenly I Noticed that there is a Norton Anti-virus program 'backed
up'
| | in
| | | that folder which only dates from March 2003.
| | |
| | | Anyone know how I can USE those backed up programs, - I mean reinstall
| the
| | | NAV program onto the new XP installation? Double-clicking the various
| | | applications in it doesn't seem to do much although I suspect it wont
| | | without the various .dll files in the backup (Spanish) windows
directory
| | | which I haven't deleted yet and if I click on a NAV program on my
| computer
| | I
| | | would imagine it is looking in my new NT directory for its DLL files
to
| | make
| | | it work?
| | |
| | | L2Q
| | |
| | |
| |
| |
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