CANNOT UNINSTALL!! Due to corruptions, viruses or whatever, I had to reinstall xp. Initially did a repair, did not complete, so in order to be able to use my computer again, I had to do a clean fresh reinstall. Now I have to choose between what system to boot from. But I cannot get rid of the old incomplete system. If I boot from that one, setup comes up wanting to complete iinstallation, which will not do because there are files missing and error messages that prevent it from completing. I cannot install antivirus software on my new system. I want to be able to get all my files/settings/programs, etc. from my old system into my new system. It's all in the same computer, same drive. I'm not a computer geek so I'm not really sure what I'm doing, all I know is that I've been messing with this for a week now, and I do one thing and another pops up! HELP! THANKS!

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it might be of value to inform yourself at this link
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
some good Info there

:)      werner

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If you have been messing around with this for a week then there is a good chance 
that you will need to do a clean install. But before you do that I would suggest 
that you copy all your important data onto CDs/DVDs. You will need to boot off your 
XP CD and follow the instructions. The suggestion made by the previous poster re 
link is well worth following.







On Thursday, May 4, 2006 at 8:40 am, Priscilla Berlanga wrote:

>CANNOT UNINSTALL!!  Due to corruptions, viruses or whatever, I had to reinstall 
xp. 

> Initially did a repair, did not complete, so in order to be able to use my computer 

>again, I had to do a clean fresh reinstall.  Now I have to choose between what system 

>to boot from.  But I cannot get rid of the old incomplete system.  If I boot from 

>that one, setup comes up wanting to complete iinstallation, which will not do because 

>there are files missing and error messages that prevent it from completing.  I cannot 

>install antivirus software on my new system.  I want to be able to get all my files/settings/programs, 

>etc. from my old system into my new system.  It's all in the same computer, same 

>drive.  I'm not a computer geek so I'm not really sure what I'm doing, all I know 

>is that I've been messing with this for a week now, and I do one thing and another 

>pops up!  HELP!  THANKS!   

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