Im trying to reinstall my windows xp can u help?

Question

The first time it was installed it ran great untill my brother got some viruses. I used the antivir software but it didnt really help. It keeps running some unknown program or something, i cant get it to do anything.

I need help re formatting it

I have the reinstall disk but it is not over riding the other os

there is these boxes at the top labeled RUNDLL and in that box it says " an exeption occured while trying to run ""C:\windows\system32\tupelib.dll", DllGet Version" and theres another one that says Error loading. The specified module cannot be found..................... anyways i just want to get it back to factory settings

Answer 1

first of all try and backup all ur data to any storage medium.secondly insect ur xp cd into the cd-rom,restart the system and make sure the boot sequence is at cd and then start the system,it gives the option to press any key to boot from cd,press the space bar and wait for it to load the system files,after,thenext screen there are options,1 enter to install xp,2 press r to repair windows,thus if repair console cd is available,now press enter to the next,then press f8 to agree to the terms.next,press esc to move on,now enter to select the partition and then format the partition and wait for windows to copy the windows folder, and then follow screen instructions till finish

Answer 2

Buy Norton Systemworks for future internet usage include a firewall. Norton disk can be used to clean viruses for your PC by inserting the disk and restarting your computer
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Well you may have to reformat your computer when you reinstall Windows XP. This will clean everything off the hard drive if you can backup your files this would be helpful in saving some of your data.

Answer 3

I recommend next time using a little bit better of an Antivirus, if you need you can download the free version of AVG (See sources) and run that and it should take care of your antivirus problem. It wouldn't hurt to also run Housecall (See sources) to clean out your viruses - it is a lot better than AVG will ever be.

Now if you actually want to reinstall Windows Xp, as the question heading states, you are going to need yours or someone else's Windows XP disk. Then you will be able to run the setup from the disk.

Answer 4

Your XP disk will have a Recovery option. As I recall, there are two options--completely format (erase) your hard drive and start over or simply reload the operating system and programs, leaving user documents and files in tact. My new computer's XP had an option I didn't notice in my old XP version...when you boot up, you'll see a notice in the lower right corner telling you the key to hit for Recovery (or is it Restore)...this does the same thing.

Answer 5

Well restore it.. back to factory condition again and keep your brother off of it.. You can try to restore it back to another date and see if that will work.. also it might bespyware causeing the problems as they tend to freeze up computers to.. you should use Yahoo toolbar for anti spyware they have it on their tool bar. and If you must restore your comp completely do it,.. However make sure you have all the drivers in it.. sometimes the comp will work ok,, for a few days but then it won't because all drivers aren't installed..

Answer 6

Dear,

There are some viruses which cannot be removed.

Only way is to reinstall xp. first take up backup of your data and then install xp on any other drive than previously installed. then you can easily move data after new installation.

Answer 7

Hmmm maybe try a prog like microsoft antispyware...maybe will help ya locate this unknown prog.

Answer 8

better u format ur hard drive where u have instaled ur windows and then try reinstalling it. ur pc will be fine

Answer 9

This site will give you step-by-step installation instructions for all windows. Check it out: http://www.windowsxphome.windowsreinstall.com/
http://www.windowsxpprofessional.windowsreinstall.com/

Answer 10

So what do you need help with ?