Had already upgraded to Windows XP on a home PC about 5 years old. Crashed the other day and couldn't start it at all. Decided after lots of deliberation to restore factory settings, but couldn't complete process without without ME disk.
ME was already installed when I bought it (OEM, right?) Trying to use the XP disk I've got, but can't do this in Safe Mode (the only way I can get into any operational Windows).
I'm at a loss. Any suggestions (apart from "Get a new computer")?
2006-10-11 13:25:37 · 6 answers · asked by jinz 5 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
go to cmos boot sequence should say ide,cdrom,floppy change to cdrom,ide,floppy save and exit
place xp into cdrom drive start computer boot from disc ok.
follow prompts when reinstalled .
back to cmos and change boot sequence to ide,cdrom,floppy.
install your drivers as and when required if you lose them goto www.driverzone.com and download new ones hope this help
2006-10-18 02:31:03 · answer #1 · answered by tonyinspain 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You do not do it from Safe Mode. Enter your computers BIOS (usually by pressing DEL during boot) and set it to boot from CD. Insert your WinXP install CD and reboot. Then simply follow the onscreen instructions. The result will be a complete HD format and a clean install of WinXP.
2006-10-11 20:29:37 · answer #2 · answered by Goffik 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
i was told you cant upgrade me to xp with a upgrade disk you must have the full disk and reformat. also you must have a restore disk when you got the computer or its in the startup options, along the lines of boot with me or option 2 restore computer. along those lines, you only see it for a few seconds.
2006-10-11 20:38:11 · answer #3 · answered by Rolfe66 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
sorry but you are going to have to format the drive and reinstall XP from scratch, if your XP is an upgrade version then you are going to have to buy the full version.
Microsoft have you by the proverbials
2006-10-11 20:30:49 · answer #4 · answered by flibertyjib 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
try this way
Installing Windows XP
http://www.geekgirls.com/windowsxp_install.htm#filesystem
2006-10-11 20:30:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
you can't get a clue
2006-10-11 20:45:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋