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| Thread ID: 41370 | 2004-01-08 23:33:00 | advice: re-installing windows XP | robsonde (120) | Press F1 |
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| 206168 | 2004-01-08 23:33:00 | Over the years I have done the format and reinstall of windows 95/98 many many many times..... my XP install has been up and running for a bit over a year and today I am installing a 120Gb drive so this a good time to re-install the OS. can anyone give me any hints or tips? I will install the new drive and slave and copy over all the stuff I want to backup, I will then format C: and then install XP for the CD. I just want to know if there is anything that is so diffrent to doing this with 98? any traps to avoid? |
robsonde (120) | ||
| 206169 | 2004-01-08 23:46:00 | Is the new 120 HHD to be your Primary or Slave? If your old drive is to continue to be C: and hold XP, I would suggest that you should use the old DOS Format.com program to reformat the drive. This will clear a lot of rubbish built up by XP and give you a clean install of XP. I've run into several problems as of late re-installing XP most of which are resolved by doing a DOS format first. Bryan. |
Bryan (147) | ||
| 206170 | 2004-01-08 23:58:00 | I would advise installing your new drive as the master and temporarily disconnect the old drive while you partition and format the new one. Disconnecting the old drive ensures that it does not get formatted accidentally. Remember to change the boot order to the new drive in your BIOS. Windows XP can then be installed on the new drive (just insert the Windows CD into the CD drive and follow the Wizard) then the old one reconnected as a slave and the data copied over to the new HDD. Once you have the new drive setup with Windows, your programs installed and your data copied over, you can then reformat the old drive and use it as desired. | tommy (2826) | ||
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