how can i wipe my computer clean. And start a new xp. i have a xp disk?

Question

got this computer 2nd hand .they updated it to xp .but never put a fire wall on or any spy ware.so it got infected and its never been the same.I atempted to put xp on again but now i have got 2 windows xp running on one computer. the new xp is slow and a warning sign saying low space keeps coming up.old xp is fucked and now wont load. but its taking up a lot of space and i cant delete it.?

Answer 1

Put the disc in and select Fresh Instalation and that should do it. but you will have to have the 25 digit code.

Answer 2

You do not say what type of Virii attacks you had, some can be pretty difficult to handle, If you had a partition attack just formatting and re-installing will not work, the virus will remain in the partitioning, You have to run a program called Fdisk. Microsoft used to include this package in win 98 boot disk. you can run this if you have it then reboot with the WIN XP disk and let it re-partition and format before installing XP. Norton partition Magic will also allow you run Fdisk from a dos prompt. If you are familiar with the XP installation there is an advanced option that allows the deletion of partition and create a new one before installing the operating system. When you create a new clean partition all data and Virii are dealt with.

Answer 3

Dont boot up with a DOS disc and format, because DOS is only capable of a FAT32 file system (unless thats what you want). Assuming your XP disc is bootable and not just an upgrade, insert into you CD drive and start PC, follow prompts (cant quite remember) but i think it's "recovery console", "repair XP installation" or "New Install XP" take the install option, this will prompt you several times "about are you sure" and will partition hard drive to NTFS, or if already NTFS will format. Make sure you have backups of you documents/photos etc, and more importantly make sure you have driver discs for your hardwear becuase thay are not all on the XP disc

Answer 4

And Now The Correct Way Pens At The Ready Please (Professional Advice)
Use xp disk as you would to do a normal install at the instalation screen pick repair windows lDO NOT CHANGE FILE SYSTEM when windows finds the two partitions tell windows to delete the second partition then highlight the remaining partition windows will re install windows but leave your files as they are on the computer all that will not be available are any updates that you installed due to your windows being back to its original install DONOT PICK THE CHANGE FILE SYSTEM or your drive will be auto formatted that is a clean or OEM install that destroys all on the hard drive you will still need your serial number to re install then run your anti spyware

Answer 5

Best thing to do is format the hard drive. Do this without going onto windows, and for that you will require a DOS disk. You can create a DOS start up disk quite easily.
Boot the PC into DOS and you can then go though the format without any problems. Once done use your XP disc to install XP again.

Answer 6

If you have a bootable XP installation disk
then insert the disk into the drive and then restart your system.

When the system restarts it asks if you want to boot from the disk say yes

Once booted from the disk you can format your HDD.
repartition it and install a fresh XP on the system.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

format the hard drive a couple of times then install xp an the programs you want to use, if you put in the xp disk an go to install it will ask if you want to format, so just say yes and dont keep the file setup overwrite it

Answer 9

if you have backed up all your personal data:

- boot from your XP disk
- when you get to the disk part, delete all partitions (note: DON'T do this without a backup of your personal data) and create a fresh new partitions.
- install XP
- visit the web site of your PC's manufacturer and get all the proper drivers for your video card, sound card and everything and install all those.
- install all the windows updates and security patches
- install a proper antispyware program
- install a proper firewall
- install a proper antivirus program
- don't click on and visit any funny web pages

if all else fails
- buy a mac, you are too stupid for a PC

Answer 10

A full system reboot- This is not simple, but it does the job. Save everything u really need as this gets rid of EVERYTHING on your hardrive. After you do that close down your computer. Then you open it again and while its loading press f12 ( ithink its that or its another f# then it will give a choice, follow the steps. if you got a manual use that to help guide you, but if not just read everything and do what u want to do it will do the job if u do it correct(its not as hard as it sounds)

Answer 11

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