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unistalling and reinstalling xp

PostPosted: Tue May 26, 2009 3:02 pm
by coonsanders
hi gang

im having problems with xp which came with my dell demension 1100 computer.xp developed some issues and i want to
perform a uninstall reinstall of xp...how do i start it?is there an article somewhere about it?thanks.


lenny

Re: unistalling and reinstalling xp

PostPosted: Tue May 26, 2009 3:50 pm
by Scour

Re: unistalling and reinstalling xp

PostPosted: Tue May 26, 2009 3:55 pm
by coonsanders
hi
i have to uninstall it first....this is to install it..thanks anyway.

coonsanders

Re: unistalling and reinstalling xp

PostPosted: Tue May 26, 2009 4:51 pm
by SithTracy
No need to uninstall... just make sure during the install you blank your hard drive (delete your partitions... do make sure your data is backed up)... during the install it should prompt you with some partition information and there you can delete your existing windows partition and press enter to install it to the HDD.

Re: unistalling and reinstalling xp

PostPosted: Tue May 26, 2009 4:51 pm
by Scour
u canĀ“t uninstall it!

U need to delete the complet partition/HDD and install it new

Re: unistalling and reinstalling xp

PostPosted: Tue May 26, 2009 8:11 pm
by redk9258
Could try a repair install. This will fix many problems without having to reinstall your programs.
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

Re: unistalling and reinstalling xp

PostPosted: Tue May 26, 2009 8:42 pm
by Dartman
I've done repair install before, they usually work fine after words though you may have to manually tweak and add things.it depends on how easily you can get everything back the way you want it. If it's going to be a huge hassle and some things you just wont get back try a repair first.
When I upgraded to win7 I got a new to me 400 gig and installed it fresh on that and kept my old drive as the new secondary slave in case something didn't work out.

Re: unistalling and reinstalling xp

PostPosted: Wed May 27, 2009 7:29 pm
by coonsanders
hi
thanks guys its all done...

lenny

Re: unistalling and reinstalling xp

PostPosted: Wed May 27, 2009 8:24 pm
by redk9258
So how is it running?

Re: unistalling and reinstalling xp

PostPosted: Wed May 27, 2009 8:27 pm
by coonsanders
hi red

very well.....i thought id have a problem doing it but it wasnt so hard.....when i finally got it installed i noted that the installation even took out all my drivers for everything.......so i had to reinstall them to.......now everythings ok.thanks.

lenny