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recently, "spylocked" virus made my pc to crash, whenever i try to open my computer, it stucks up to a point saying that some of my system files were corrupted.

how can i reformat my computer?
please teach me how to reinstall windows OS....

every effort will be much appreciated...

ps..
im a newbee...
pls make ur terms less technical...

2007-05-13 02:35:14 · 10 answers · asked by ineedyourhelp 1 in Computers & Internet Hardware Desktops

10 answers

ok. if you have windows xp you:

Start your computer, and then insert the Windows XP CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.
2. If Windows automatically detects the CD-ROM, click Install Windows to start the Windows XP Setup Wizard.

If Windows does not automatically detect the CD-ROM, click Start, click Run, type the following command, and then click OK:
E:\setup.exe
3. When you are prompted to select an installation type, select clean install, and then click Next.
4. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation

2007-05-13 02:42:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

hi there

to start off with back all your data up. do this by burning it to disc or storing it on a external harddrive.

now insert your XP disk and restart your computer.
When you get a message saying "press any key to begin setup", press a key, but if windows continues to boot, restart you computer and set your cd drive to be first boot device.

When your in setup, you will see a blue background. some files will load first, and then some options will appear. on the first one, press ESC. on the second one press F8 (note that the second one should be an EULA). next will be an otion to repair a current system, choose not to. next will be your partitions. delete every pertition that you have there. once that is done, press ENTER.

you can either do a quick format which will take about 10 seconds, or a full format wich will delete evry file on your hardddrive so they can not be recovered. eitherway, your files have been deleted and wont be shown or accessible unless special software is used.

once format is done, some files will copy over. after that, the system will restart, and seem to boot into windows.

now a screen will appear saying 39 minutes remaining. this is a rough guess and the faster your computer, the less time!

when we get further through, you will be asked fr your product key, your name (I put my first name in name and surname in orginasition), your time zone and language settings.

The next dialog will ask about network settings. just choose typical.

if you didnt get the network settings dialog, its ok, cos thats the last one!

the computer will now reboot, and load WINDOWS!!
you will be asked to enter the user names and wether you want to enable updates. after that you are in windows, a nice clean installation of it.

now install your drivers. Everything internal first! after that, install the external devices, then restart your computer. now activate windows.

thats it, youre done! now just copy back your documents and other files, and install your software such as office!

2007-05-13 02:51:52 · answer #2 · answered by SuperFreak892649364089573608956 2 · 0 0

Insert the CD and then you definately wish your pc in addition from CD. To do this, while you are booting up on dell laptops, i think you press f12 to select what in addition up on. Once you could have that began, you will have to get a Blue Screen. Go by way of the phrases and press anything it tells you to press to keep. Select your difficult force from the record after which delete the partition. It'll let you know the directions on find out how to delete the partition. After deleting the partition, create a brand new one, and set up xp on that one. It's beautiful instantly-ahead, i do not consider you can have any issues. The complete procedure takes lower than two hours. Oh and bear in mind that you want drivers. Some foremost ones are your VGA drivers, your community adapter drivers, possibly sound, and such.

2016-09-05 18:39:08 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

First try re-loading the system without formatting, you lose everything with a format. Boot from your cd, at the first prompt say install. At the second prompt showing your installed system select the R repair option. From then on just let it continue and re-boot each time from the hard drive. After this completes totally boot into safe mode by pressing F8 during the boot, then download, update and scan with an anti-spyware utility. AVG free from http://free.grisoft.com is very good, they also have anti-virus and rootkit tools.

2007-05-13 02:43:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Go to www.support.microsoft.com and you will find instructions for step by step installation. Then you will need to get the drivers from your computer manufacturer. Good luck. This isn't an easy task.

2007-05-17 01:05:54 · answer #5 · answered by Jan C 7 · 0 0

For those persons not very comfortable with formatting, this is the best investment you can make. It can be used numerous times when you need to refresh your hard drive because of accumulated trash or spy ware, or when selling or giving away an old PC.

http://www.whitecanyon.com/wipedrive-erase-hard-drive.php?OVRAW=wipe%20drive&OVKEY=wipe%20drive&OVMTC=standard&OVADID=2063567012&OVKWID=17221069512

2007-05-13 03:14:21 · answer #6 · answered by gntolng 4 · 0 0

just put the reinstallation software and reboot,that wil format ur hard drive and reinstall win xp again

2007-05-13 03:31:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Im a computer tech i can walk u threw the whole thing in easy to do terms so leave me ur email address and ill help u!!

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2007-05-13 02:45:26 · answer #8 · answered by Dingle Berries On Parade 1 · 0 0

easy put xp disk into your computer. shut it down and reboot it.
should go into install process. when prompted it will ask you type of install choose full format and install.

2007-05-13 02:40:44 · answer #9 · answered by Derrick D 3 · 0 0

The blue screen of death got you down? Missing dll errors making you frown? Frequent software crashes leave you yearning for that fresh, new PC you unpacked with glee three years ago? If you've scrubbed for spyware and viruses, defragged, chkdsked and done the requisite rain dance but things are STILL wonky on your computer, it may be time for extreme action.

Today we're going to go over how to format your hard drive and reinstall Windows XP from scratch to get back that shiny new operating system feeling untainted by years of wear, tear and added and removed programs.

Note for the tremulous: I cannot tell a lie; reinstalling an operating system is NOT a trivial task. There are several junctures where lots of things can go wrong that can affect the way your PC functions FOREVER. Further, this isn't a task one can complete in just a few hours. There are lots of ways to fix PC problems before reinstalling Windows, a fresh install should be an absolute last resort. It took me three years - one which involved installing and uninstalling programs almost daily - to get to the point of reinstalling Windows. You have been warned.

Still with me? Good.

What you'll need:

1. A Windows XP machine in dire need of a fresh start
(Without any crucial, un-backedup data on it)
2. A Windows XP installation CD with a valid Product Key
(Preferably the disc that shipped with the computer originally, in which case the Product Key won't be obviously listed)
3. The CDs and serial numbers of all the software you need to install on your fresh "new" machine
4. Hardware driver discs that shipped with the PC and any components you added on
(Optional, but VERY strongly recommended)
5. Another 'net-connected computer of any OS persuasion with a CD burner, thumb drive, or other removable disk
(Optional, but strongly recommended, for looking up stuff and downloading drivers in case of emergency)
6. One full day to get your PC fully functioning again.

Got all that? Good.

Let's get started.
Step 1. Back up your data.

First, make sure absolutely NOTHING you cannot afford to lose is on the drive you're going to install Windows on (let's say the C: drive.) Move all your documents and settings off the machine. Back up your Firefox settings with MozBackup, export your Quicken file, SyncBack profiles, Apache configuration and absolutely anything else that you want restored after you're done. Just make sure it's off the machine that's going under the knife.
Step 2. Audit your current PC setup.

Once upon a time, I did tech support for Windows 95 PCs, when "Plug and Play" was a fairly new concept that was rightly referred to as "Plug and Pray" amongst my disgruntled technician co-workers. Today, Windows XP is eons ahead of 95 in terms of its amazing ability to detect all the hardware in your computer and install the right drivers for it. HOWEVER, it's still not perfect. PC's come with a whole wide range of video cards and network adaptors and Bluetooth thingamajiggers, and it's very possible you'll install XP and it won't know exactly what brand of TV tuner card you've got and how to find the driver for it.

So, before we do anything, we're going to take an inventory of all the hardware you've currently got installed. I used to print a report from Device Manager for this purpose (Control Panel, System, Hardware, Device Manager, Action, Print) but a handy little utility called Belarc Advisor [via Nicholas Roussos] does a nicer job than Device Manager. Belarc will create a report detailing your system, its installed hardware components, software applications and serial numbers. Download the free Belarc, run a report and print it out. Keep it nearby for reference later.

Note: for those of you who do not have the driver discs for all your hardware - go ahead and print out the report from Device Manager in addition to the Belarc report. You'll need all the help you can get, you brave souls.
Step 3. Take a deep breath, and say goodbye to everything on your C: drive.

Seriously. It's all going away now. Nervous? Revisit steps 1 & 2.
Step 4. Insert the Windows installation disk into your CD drive. Shut down your PC. Then, boot from CD.

This part is important: do NOT run the Windows installation from Windows itself. Shut down first, and then boot up the machine from CD. My Dell has a little message as it's booting up that says "Press F12 to boot from CD," so that's what I did. If you're not sure how to boot from CD, check your PC's user guide for more info.

The reason why booting from CD is important is because we're going to delete the C: drive partition where Windows is installed and re-format it. You can't do this if Windows booted from C:, because it can't delete the partition from which it is running.

You CAN install Windows without deleting the partition and formatting, but that means all your program files and other riff-raff that's collected on your C: drive will still be there when you're done, just taking up unnecessary space. That's not the point of all this. Be sure to boot from CD.
Step 5. Step through the Windows installation.

You'll be greeted by WordPerfect 5.1-like blue screens with white text on them, which seem scary, but aren't. All the directions are clearly spelled out on each of them. Still, we'll go over what to do.

At the Welcome to Setup page, press Enter. Press F8 to accept the Windows XP Licensing Agreement. You'll be asked if you want to repair your existing Windows XP installation. Press ESC to bypass the repair and install a fresh copy. All your existing disk partitions will be listed, like this.

partition-manager.jpg

You want to delete the current partition where Windows is installed. Use the arrow key to select it, and press D to delete it. Press L to confirm. Then, to create a new partition, select the unpartitioned space and press C. To create a new partition with the maximum amount of space allotted to it, press Enter.

Now select the brand spanking new partition you've just created to install Windows on. Format the drive as NTFS (Quick if you want, but I went thorough just to be sure.) Depending on the size of the drive and how fast your computer is, this will take some time. Get a sandwich. Then, follow Windows Setup's steps, set your area code and name and password and let it reboot as many times as necessary until it asks you to log in for the first time. Congratulations! Welcome to your fresh new Windows installation.

But we're not done yet.
Step 6. Install any missing drivers.

Once you get Windows XP up and running, chances are everything on your computer won't be working perfectly. Are you connected to the internet? Can you play music? Is your screen resolution unusually large? The answer is probably no to all those questions, except the last one. Do not panic. This is the part where you install the right drivers for your hardware. First, get a list of what Windows doesn't have installed correctly. From Control Panel, go to System, then Hardware, and click on the Device Manager. Chances are it'll look something like mine did after my fresh installation:

devicemanager-missingdriver.jpg

Those yellow question marks/exclamation points are Windows' way of saying "I know this hardware is here, but I don't know what it is or how to control it." Insert each driver CD you've got stacked up beside you and install the software needed for all your computer's components. If you don't have a driver disk, get on that other machine you've got next to you, and Google up the brand and model of each of the components for which you need a driver, download, burn to disk and install on your fresh Windows machine. Those two handy hardware audits you printed out in Step 2 will be your friend, but without the discs that came with your machine, it will be a bit of a guessing game, matching up the yellow question marks with the items on your reports. Take educated guesses. Good luck.

As for me, I had to manually install drivers for my video card, sound card, printer, TV tuner card and Bluetooth adaptor. Your mileage may vary.
Step 7. Update Windows.

If you used the Windows installation CD that shipped with your computer three years ago, you've got an old version of Windows that came out 7 service packs ago. As soon as you're online (got that ethernet card/wifi card driver installed?) go directly to Windows Update and patch up Windows nice and tight and secure. Do not wait to do this as there are probably lots of computer baddies just beyond your network card waiting to ravage your virginal machine the minute it's out there alone in the wild internet. Yes, that sounded dirty on purpose.
Step 8. Install all needed software applications and tweak Windows to taste.

That's it folks, you're in the home stretch. Go ahead and have a big old software installation party with all the apps that run your life. When you're done, copy over your backed up data to C: (if necessary.) Then, sit back and give yourself a well-deserved pat on the back. You deserve it.

After I upgraded my PC and reinstalled Windows, the amount of used space on my C: drive was about half the size it was before I started, as was the size of my Windows registry. But most importantly, a few really annoying inexplicable problems I had disappeared - like no native Windows wifi network detection, a constant missing DLL popup when I launched one program in particular, the refusal of one piece of software to install at all. Plus, things felt snappier and happier in general.

Next up: essential Windows tweaks that made my "new" machine feel like mine again.

So let's hear it, PC-rebuilding lifehackers. Got any strategies for smooth sailing on the Windows reinstallation seas? Questions, problems or stories from the field? Let us know in the comments or at tips at lifehacker.com.

In the meantime, have some related hyperlinkage:

* Reveal product keys and ID's with ProduKey
Just in case you misplaced your Windows or MS Office Product Keys
* How to Reinstall Windows Without Losing Your Data
For the format scaredy-cats
* Create a Windows XP image
Never have to to through all this hell again!

2007-05-13 02:39:19 · answer #10 · answered by uzi 2 · 1 0

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