how long will it take me to do it and what does doing new windows actually do for the computer?
2006-08-07 00:42:08 · 6 answers · asked by peakcox 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
It depends on what you mean by 'redo'. You can reinstall windows over an existing copy of windows xp without deleting everything you have. If you format the hard drive, then you are losing everything you have ever saved on the hard drive. Make sure you have a backup of everything that you want and programs that you want reinstalled.
Putting a fresh copy of XP on a computer will help with the speed and any corrupted files that you might have on the computer.
2006-08-07 00:47:15 · answer #1 · answered by texasrednek2000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depending On Your Level Of Knowledge And Computer Speed 30 Minutes To 2 Hours
It Essentially Clears Everything In The System Then Could Potentially Be Slowing Your Computer Down (Registry Problems, Viruses, Confiugration Issues)
But Don't Take It Lightly, Its A Lot Of Work To Reload Applications And Drivers
2006-08-07 07:47:43 · answer #2 · answered by TRAXIC 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you are intending to do a format and restoration of pc then it might take around an hour if your pc is some what new....it will finish before that if windows is able to pick up all your drivers....if you have aditional stuff like vga card, printer, scanner and all it might take aditional time to set them up...
2006-08-07 07:47:00 · answer #3 · answered by matrixguy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Be more elaborative. Cant tell u anything with this lil info
2006-08-07 07:46:51 · answer #4 · answered by Nitin Tiwari 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It removes everything and makes it faster.
2006-08-07 07:46:46 · answer #5 · answered by NA A 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OI
2006-08-07 07:45:05 · answer #6 · answered by BIRILO 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋