reinstalling XP w/o disc?

[Guest]

I have an 80 Gig hd, with XP preinstaled on it. I have recently been having major trouble due to adware/spyware. I decided to reinstall the OS and start from scratch, but the reinstall was put on D: partition. So now I am asked which version of XP to open when I power on the computer. I was told that using the F10 at boot up would give me the reformat/reinstall option. But nothing happens when I do this, I keep getting the screen asking me to choose which version to use.

What I want to do is reinstall over the original. There is/was a program that let me make 6 boot disks, but nothing happens with them. When I "explore" the cd contents I get padlock icons in lock position. Please someone help me with this problem!? It's been driving me absolutely nuts!!!

I have a Compaq S3100NX

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Compaq has a unique way of doing it so you need to contact Compaq for
the details.
This may be a good place to start:
http://h20015.www2.hp.com/hub_searc...e=setup&prodId=compaqpres307004&lang=en&cc=us

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Jupiter Jones [MVP]
An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/setup.asp
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/

I have an 80 Gig hd, with XP preinstaled on it. I have recently been

having major trouble due to adware/spyware. I decided to reinstall the
OS and start from scratch, but the reinstall was put on D: partition.
So now I am asked which version of XP to open when I power on the
computer. I was told that using the F10 at boot up would give me the
reformat/reinstall option. But nothing happens when I do this, I keep
getting the screen asking me to choose which version to use.

What I want to do is reinstall over the original. There is/was a

program that let me make 6 boot disks, but nothing happens with them.
When I "explore" the cd contents I get padlock icons in lock position.
Please someone help me with this problem!? It's been driving me
absolutely nuts!!!