I have purchased a new XP software and want to delete the old XP from my computer. How do you get rid of all the old XP? Please explain so a dumbie like me can under stand.
Thanks
Al T.
2007-08-03 06:12:16 · 10 answers · asked by A T 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
The best way of doing this is formatting your entire system. This effectively gets rids of everything on the computer, even if you have a virus, this will make it go away. To do this, turn on your computer and choose to boot from the cd, while making sure your nrew cd is in the drive. Some computers do not automatically boot from the cd, look for a "xxx key to select boot order" message as soon as you turn on the computer (may be F8 or F12 key). After this the cd will ask if you want to boot from CD, follow the steps, and select formatting in the options. Caution! Formatting erases everything on the computer, make sure you first get your pictures, songs, documents etc out and burn them to a cd or copy them to a flash drive before doing this. Also remember you will need to reinstall all the programs that were on your system.
2007-08-03 06:18:47 · answer #1 · answered by DannyS 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably the best thing to do is insert the new CD in the drive and follow the prompts. Somewhere down the track, windows will ask you if you wish to make a new installation. Answer yes and it will reformat your hard drive and absolutely everything on it will be lost forever, unless you backed it up of course. I've done hundreds of XP installations, but never have I replaced old with new while data is on the computer. To begin with, most of your software won't work because the registry will have been replaced. You won't be able to do a restore because the new XP has different validations.
2007-08-03 06:20:26 · answer #2 · answered by John K 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont understand?
YOu want to remove Xp and replace it with Xp?
Just go to microsoft windows update to get the updates, (i.e: XP SP2) why did you buy a new xp o/s?
Doing so, is a waste of money because you already have it.
2007-08-03 06:14:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Boot your system from the XP CD,
Get to the part where it shows the partitions on the hard drive.
Delete the partition that XP is installed on and then quit the installation. POOF all gone.
2007-08-03 06:16:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Control Panel, there is a folder add/remove programs and you see the XP and click remove, wait until is done.
After you done with that put in the CD ROM the new XP and install it.
2007-08-03 06:21:33 · answer #5 · answered by cat 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Restart your computer, start pressing F12 or F2 or F8 depending on the computer and this will take to the place where you can reinstall xp
2007-08-03 06:19:34 · answer #6 · answered by shammas21 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What version of XP do you have now and what is the new version of XP?
2007-08-03 06:14:40 · answer #7 · answered by Jes-say 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1-Put the CD in the drive.
2-Follow the instructions.
3-Done.
Easy as 1.2.3.
2007-08-03 06:20:07 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
put the new disc in ,restart the thing,format the harddrive and you should be ready to go
2007-08-03 06:17:28 · answer #9 · answered by MrZip 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't -- you format the drive and reinstall.
2007-08-03 06:14:20 · answer #10 · answered by mdigitale 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋