hai, i want to clen-up my whole system and want to re install the system i have the software cd's with me to load up but i dont know how to clean-up the system and start it again with a new software. currently i have window xp. and i want to reinstal it form the starting. so plz xplain me step by step how to do it. thanks in advance
2006-12-06 01:42:32 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
Have your Product Key available, typical install is around 30 minutes. If setup seems to hang, wait at least 10 minutes + before restarting system. You should experience momentary screen blackouts.
1. Power on the computer. Press the Pause/Break key as soon as you see text on the screen.
[If you currently are running in an OS of any flavor, insert XP CD and restart computer. Skip to #3 if system is configured to boot from CD.]
2. Insert XP CD into CD drive. Press ENTER to resume booting from the XP CD. (BIOS must support booting from CD and boot order must be set so CD boots before hard drive. If computer does not support booting from CD go to 2a for floppy install).
2a. Floppy install: Boot from Win98/Me/Special XP install floppy disk with smartdrv.exe added to the boot disk or the Win XP set of 6 floppy disks.
3. Look for message "booting from CD" usually located at the bottom of the screen. If you have a factory splash screen, press ESC to unload it.
3a. Floppy install: From the A Prompt; A:\type: smartdrv.exe. then press ENTER. If you are using the XP boot floppy setup disks skip to step #5.
4. Press any Key when you see the prompt to 'Press Any Key"
4a. Floppy install: CD to the location of the CD-ROM drive with the XP setup files; CD to the i386 folder where you will type: winnt.exe to start setup.
5. Setup will start copying files, if you need to install any third-party or RAID drivers press F6 at this time. the copying of files can take awhile.
6. Next you will get the option to repair or enter setup, choose to enter setup. Press ENTER.
To see images full size, place mouse cursor over image and click/double click or press the left button and open.
7. Press F8 if you agree to the license.
8. Setup will scan for previous Windows installations
9. If you are using the upgrade version of XP on a computer without any version of Windows currently installed, this is where you will replace the XP CD with your qualifying CD, XP setup will scan the qualifying CD and instruct you to replace it with the XP CD to continue XP setup; otherwise, you will not see this screen. Clean install qualifying media can be any of the following Win NT3.51, 4.0, 2000, Win 95, 98, Me and XP Home when upgrading to XP Pro.
10. Choose the location to install.
10a If this is a clean hard drive, you can choose to create a partition in the un-partitioned space. At this point, you can allow Setup to use all the space or set a size for the partition.
10b If the hard drive or partition has a previous installation of XP you want to remove, choose to delete the partition by pressing "D". You will then be prompted to create a new partition in the empty space. This will remove all data from the deleted space.
If setup returns a message the partition contains the setup files and cannot be deleted use the info from this link: Delete NON-DOS Partition
10c If you intend to use multiple partitions or dual boot, this is where you specify the size of the boot partition and or setup location for XP. If you are planning to dual boot XP, I would create a small 100 meg DOS partition for the first primary partition, then an 8 to 10 gig partition for XP. You can partition and format the remaining space after XP is setup from Disk Manager. If you do not intend to dual boot, you can either use all the un-partitioned space or create an 8 to 10 gig partition for XP and leave the rest free to partition later.
If a fat32 partition larger than 32 gigabyte is desired, the hard drive or partition will need to be created before running XP setup. XP will not create a fat 32 partition larger than 32 gig, but will support one previously created.
11. Choose the file system from this screen. If dual booting and you created the small 100 meg partition, make it a fat partition. NTFS is configured at the optimal file size during the initial setup. See this link for more on NTFS
If you have more that one partition or hard drive on your system, make sure you are formatting the correct partition/drive.
12. This is where you reinsert the XP Pro Upgrade CD if necessary.
13. Press Enter to continue.
14. Setup will show a progress box and reboot when copying files is complete.
15. When you see the "Press any Key to Reboot" do not Press any Key. If CD boots anyway, remove CD and reboot.
16. From this point, you will follow the on screen prompts.
John
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2006-12-06 01:46:02 · answer #1 · answered by A+ Certified Professional 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Okay, lets keep it simple.
1) goto to bios,
restart your computer, when the very first screen is displayed you should press the key to get into the bios screen. The screen will prompt you but you will have to do it quick, otherwise it will move past it.
Its normally the F2 key or the del key.
2) Once in bios
Goto the boot options and choose the cd rom as the first boot device. This will allow you to reboot and start a new win xp installation. First we must save the settings and exit the bios
3) Okay now we can install win xp
Once the computer has been restarted the xp disc (you have inserted) will now start the installation. there will be onscreen instructions which are simple for you to follow.
Hope this helps...
2006-12-06 01:53:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Follow these steps: (I assume WinXP is running)
1. Put WinXP cd in cd drive. It should run automatically, if not right click on cd drive icon in windows explorer and click "Autorun" or run setup from cd.
2. Select installation of winxp, it will be first option in the menu of setup
3. Select new installation as installation type, dont upgread
4. Follow the instruction and at the end setup will restart ur system
5. After restarting, it will automatically run the winxp installation
6. One important thing, in between the setup, it will ask u to format the drive, Do format the drive to clean all the files and previous installation.
7. Now u dont need to do much, setup will take care of all, just follow the instructions.
2006-12-06 01:57:02 · answer #3 · answered by Sandy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Assuming you have a floppy drive this works perfect
go to bootdisk.com and download a win98 se bootdisk
install the file to a blank floppy
place floppy in computer and reboot
type format c:
hit y
It will erase everything
remove floppy
install xp cd
reboot computer
use default settings
You may need to install another disk that has special drivers for your computer
You may need to call microsoft to activate you windows because it has been activated before
2006-12-06 01:50:38 · answer #4 · answered by Mitchell b 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-14 03:28:37 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://yanswers.blogspot.com/2006/10/windows-reinstallation.html
2006-12-06 01:47:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
http://www.lifehacker.com/software/windows/geek-to-live-how-to-format-your-hard-drive-and-install-windows-xp-from-scratch-157578.php
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2006-12-06 01:50:33 · answer #7 · answered by jan 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋