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re: wana deleate windows XP and install it again Thursday, February 6, 2003 at 1:10 am Posted by sergio (15 messages posted) HAVE YOU EVER OPEN UP THE SHELL OF A COMPUTER??? make sure you touch the tower to ground yourself (don't want to fry the CPU right!)BUT before this unplug unplug the power on the tower the screen look for the harddrive which be a size a little smaller than a VCR tape!!! look for a name,model number and size than go to there web site download the LOW FORMAT it might take it a few time before it find it depend the start up. took my 5 times, inlaw 8 time On Wednesday, February 5, 2003 at 8:52 pm, asad khan wrote: >hi when i start my computer it shows to versions of wndows XP installed in my computer. >i wana deleate both of them and install windows XP again. how do i do this ? thanks >for ur help [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: wana deleate windows XP and install it again Thursday, February 6, 2003 at 1:14 am Posted by David Sloan (22 messages posted) If you own a major brand name computer (for example Sony, Gateway, Toshiba, HP, etc..) then phone their technical support. Each of these companies has a different method for you to do a resinstall of XP. If this is a generic machine and/or the people that built it are unavailable for support then you may have to follow the instuctions here. Bear in mind there are many acceptable ways to install an OS. But this is the way that I'm familiar with and has worked consistantly for me. Anyone reading this feel free to add your comments or insights. First back up anything of importance on your computer. This includes documents, emails, pictures, financial data, receipts from online purchases, etc.. (Everyone should do this on a regular basis anyway.) Once you're confident that you have copies of everything of importance, figure out what kind of hard disk drive you have. Brand and model. Go to the manufacturer's web site and download a "tools" or "maintenance" disk from them. There will be instructions for how to do this on the web site. Make sure you have your WinXP cdrom and "Product Key" handy. These are included with the boxed set of Windows XP. Now use the disk you downloaded from the web and follow the instructions to format your hard disk drive. Once that's done boot your computer from the XP cdrom. Follow the instructions and it will make a new installation for you from scratch. During this process you may encounter a few problems along the way. Every situation is unique. The procedure may go smoothly or maybe not. Be prepared to have your computer out of comission for a few days while you work on it and ask questions around. If a few days is too long then consider having a professional do the job for you. On Wednesday, February 5, 2003 at 8:52 pm, asad khan wrote: >hi when i start my computer it shows to versions of wndows XP installed in my computer. >i wana deleate both of them and install windows XP again. how do i do this ? thanks >for ur help [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: wana deleate windows XP and install it again Thursday, February 6, 2003 at 2:46 pm Posted by Ricer46 (22014 messages posted) You have suggested several times today to do a low level format. There is virtually no reason whatsoever to perform a low level format. The advice you have given frequently does not even relate to the question asked, and the readability of your English is terrible. I really hope that no one has attempted to use any of your suggestions. If they did, they're probably in trouble. On Thursday, February 6, 2003 at 1:10 am, sergio wrote: > >HAVE YOU EVER OPEN UP THE SHELL OF A COMPUTER??? make sure you touch the tower to >ground yourself (don't want to fry the CPU right!)BUT before this unplug unplug the >power on the tower the screen look for the harddrive which be a size a little smaller >than a VCR tape!!! look for a name,model number and size than go to there web site >download the LOW FORMAT it might take it a few time before it find it depend the >start up. took my 5 times, inlaw 8 time > [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum