help i had a virus on pc need help with setting up windows xp again?

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Answer 1

Repair XP

Following are my experiences with repairing XP. I will not assume any responsibility for problems that may occur to your system from using any of these suggestions. It is always prudent to backup important data before you make any changes to your operating system.

http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/repair_xp.htm

Answer 2

You can reformat your pc. did you make those disks when you first got your pc? if so i would reformat it and bring it back to the way it was before. you might lose some files but you wont have that trouble with XP. i have a gateway and a few times i had to re-format my pc. they have a program that puts it back to factory setting so i didnt lose the programs that were on there before. hey you can always call tech help if you need to or ask someone who knows about computers.

Answer 3

this is achieveable, in spite of the fact that it get very finicky. you could partition a disk and placed 2 OS on it, in spite of the fact that it rather is risky and in some circumstances very volatile. You perfect option is to place an OS on a stressful stress each. this implies that C might have XP and D might have Vista. wish this helps, Ryanaven

Answer 4

The best thing that you can do is to reformat your pc, first then reinstall windows xp.Here is the guide for you to start:
Note: you should first have your windows xp installation cd.

How to Format a Computer with Windows XP
1To format a computer with Windows XP or 2000, insert Windows CD and restart your computer.
2.Your computer should automatically boot from the CD to the Windows Setup Main Menu.
3.At the Welcome to Setup page, press ENTER.
4.Press F8 to accept the Windows XP Licensing Agreement.
5.If an existing Windows XP installation is detected, you are prompted to repair it. To bypass the repair, press ESC.
6.Use the ARROW keys to select the partition or the unpartitioned space where you want to create a new partition. Press D to delete an existing partition, or press C to create a new partition.
7.Type the size in megabytes (MB) that you want to use for the new partition, and then press ENTER, or just press ENTER to create the partition with the maximum size.
8.Select the format option that you want to use for the partition (Recommended: NTFS), and then press ENTER.
9.After the Windows Setup program formats the partition, follow the instructions that appear on the screen to continue installing Windows.
How to Reinstall Windows XP
1.To reinstall Windows XP or 2000, imply insert Windows CD and restart your computer.
2.If your hard drive has not been formatted, Windows XP will walk you through the formatting process described above
3.Your computer will automatically boot from the CD and begin the installation process.

If the steps above is too complicated for you here is another guide for you:

If you want to format a hard drive while using or installing Windows XP. This can be very useful for clearing everything off a secondary drive or when installing a fresh copy of Windows. Formatting a computer hard drive is simple and can help eliminate viruses and other hard to resolve problems.

1.When you format a computer hard drive you will lose everything that is on the drive. Therefore it is very important to back up anything you might later want. Additionally, if you are going to be formatting and installing Windows you need to make sure you have the discs for any applications or 3rd party hardware you use since you will need to re-install your programs and drivers after re-installing Windows.

2. Take a moment to think of anything that you have on the computer that you wouldn't want to lose. Generally you probably want everything in your My Documents folder, you also want to save things like your favorites or bookmarks from you web browser. Remember that each user on the computer has their own My Documents folder, Desktop items, and Favorites/Bookmarks.

3.Now save everything to a CD, DVD, or a hard drive that you will not be formatting.

Formatting and Installing from the Windows XP CD


Steps:
1.This section explains how to reformat a drive from the Windows XP installation CD. This can be used when installing a fresh copy of Windows onto a computer. Here it is especially important to backup all of your important information because upon formatting you will lose EVERYTHING that used to be on the drive. This includes all applications and device drivers, so you must backup everything you can.

2.Insert your Windows XP installation disc into your CD drive (Home or Pro it does not matter).

3.Restart your computer. On the first screen that comes up as your computer starts it should say at the bottom a key that you can press to change the Boot Sequence (may also be called Boot Device or Boot Order), press whatever key is specified. If your computer does not give you the option to change the boot sequence directly from the startup screen you will need to enter your BIOS Setup by pressing whichever key your computer specifies for Setup, and then from the BIOS setup you need to change your boot order so that the CD drive is before Hard Disks. If all you see right when your computer starts up is a splash screen with the computer manufactuer's name press the 'Esc' key to display which keys to press for boot sequence or BIOS setup.

4.Now as you computer boots a little more it will say “Press any key to boot from CD..” press a key to do so.

5.The CD will load up a blue screen and then spend a while loading files it needs. When it is finished it will list a few options mainly “Press ENTER to set up Windows XP,” press Enter or Return.

6.Now you will be at a screen to select where to install Windows to, this is where you can delete old partitions and format drives. The box in the bottom half of the screen shows all your drives and the partitions that exist on them. Use the Up and Down arrow keys to highlight your “C:” partition and press the 'D' key (if all that shows up is “Unpartitioned space” and you have no C: or D: partitions skip this step). On the next screen press the 'L' key to finalize deleting the partition.

7.Now you are back on the screen to choose where to install Windows. The box on the lower half of the screen should no longer show a partition but simply have an entry “Unpartitioned space xxxxxMB.” Select this with the arrow keys and press the 'C' key to create a partition on the drive. The next screen tells you the minimum and maximum sizes the partition can be and lets you pick the size. The default size is the maximum, but double check that the number entered is the maximum and hit enter.

8. Now you will again be back at the choose where to install Windows screen only this time you will have a partition that looks something like this “C: Partition1 [New (Raw)] xxxxxxMB.” Highlight this entry and press enter.

9.The next screen lets you choose which filesystem to format the drive with. If your computer will be sharing files over a network with a Windows ME, 98, or 95 computer select “FAT32” otherwise choose NTFS as it is faster and more secure. If the drive is brand new and has never been used before then use one of the options that ends in “(Quick)” otherwise choose one of the lower down options. Use the arrow keys to select the proper one and press Enter or Return.

10From here you are all set and the installation of Windows will proceed starting with a format of your drive. This will take a while (over half an hour) so you can go take a little break.

Overall Warnings:
YOU MUST BACKUP BEFORE FORMATTING OR YOU WILL LOSE DATA YOU NEED.

Answer 5

try to format your pc .. and install a fresh copy

Answer 6

re install the system all over again

Answer 7

its in your puter do a system restore

Answer 8

Have you ever heard of PUNCTUATION??