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| Thread ID: 35758 | 2003-07-21 01:03:00 | Reinstalling win xp home | Ladybug (3129) | Press F1 |
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| 161691 | 2003-07-21 01:03:00 | Hi there - I have been told to do a reinstall of windows xp home disk. The tecnician has told me I will lose everything. This is no big drama for us as we dont have alot of stuff that would bother us if we lost it. But can anyone tell me anything i should perhaps do before I do this. Any tips hints etc. Thanks Ladybug PS: is this easy to do or follow - im new to all this |
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| 161692 | 2003-07-21 01:17:00 | > Hi there - I have been told to do a reinstall of > windows xp home disk. The tecnician has told me I > will lose everything. This is no big drama for us as > we dont have alot of stuff that would bother us if we > lost it. But can anyone tell me anything i should > perhaps do before I do this. Any tips hints etc. Are you having any problems with your computer at all???? because if it is running ok, you don’t need to do it. > PS: is this easy to do or follow - im new to all > this |
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| 161693 | 2003-07-21 01:22:00 | > Hi there - I have been told to do a reinstall of > windows xp home disk. The tecnician has told me I > will lose everything. This is no big drama for us as > we dont have alot of stuff that would bother us if we > lost it. But can anyone tell me anything i should > perhaps do before I do this. Any tips hints etc. if you Do relly need to do this then have a look at this FAQ ( & thread=22555" target="_blank">pressf1.pcworld.co.nz) & then this one about backing your computer & then this one about backing your computer ( & thread=25602" target="_blank">pressf1.pcworld.co.nz) |
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| 161694 | 2003-07-21 01:22:00 | Do you have a Windows XP CD or Recovery disk? | BootyLicious (526) | ||
| 161695 | 2003-07-21 01:28:00 | > Hi there - I have been told to do a reinstall of > windows xp home disk. The tecnician has told me I > will lose everything. This is no big drama for us > as > we dont have alot of stuff that would bother us if > we > lost it. But can anyone tell me anything i should > perhaps do before I do this. Any tips hints etc. ** Edited ** If you Do really need to do this then have a look at this FAQ ( & thread=22555" target="_blank">pressf1.pcworld.co.nz) & then this one about backing your computer ( & thread=25602" target="_blank">pressf1.pcworld.co.nz) |
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| 161696 | 2003-07-21 01:31:00 | Hi Booty Its a windows xp disk - i think doesnt say anything about recovery - would that have it written on it? Yes Stu problems - thanks for those links Ladybug |
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| 161697 | 2003-07-21 01:34:00 | stu140103 you know that FAQ is about 98se not XP. | BootyLicious (526) | ||
| 161698 | 2003-07-21 01:37:00 | > Yes Stu problems - thanks for those links Ah, That is why you are not on Yahoo :D If you do not mind me asking what typed of problem are you having??? Any thing that presses f1 might be able to help out with???? :) Sorry to be noisy :8} |
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| 161699 | 2003-07-21 01:39:00 | > stu140103 you know that FAQ is about 98se not XP. oh...... :( :8}:8} ( **Note to self to read the FAQ before posting the link to it ** |
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| 161700 | 2003-07-21 01:51:00 | 1.Insert your XP CD in the drive. It should automatically launch 2.You’ll be presented with a menu of choices. Click Install Windows 3.The first setup screen asks you what type of installation to perform. Select New Installation (Advanced) from the drop-down list and click the Next button to move to the next screen 4.Read through the licence agreement and, if you accept it, click I Accept This Agreement, then click Next. Type in your Windows Product Key, which you’ll find on the CD cover, then click Next. 5.The next screen lets you choose from a variety of options. If you’d like to copy all the installation files to your hard drive (which increases the speed of the installation and makes it easy to reinstall at a later point, but will chew up some 500 megabytes of hard disk space) or you’d like to choose the drive and partition where XP is installed (which you must do if you intend to dual boot, otherwise you’ll trash the existing installation), click the Advanced Options button. If you are visually disabled, click the Accessibility Options button and you will be able to use the Windows Magnifier and/or the Windows Narrator during setup. The Magnifier lets you magnify portions of the screen; the Narrator reads each screen during setup. Click Next when you’re ready to proceed. 6.The next screen lets you choose which file system to use. XP runs on NTFS (NT File System), FAT (File Allocation Table) or FAT32 (FAT 32-bit version). If you pick FAT, Setup automatically uses FAT32 for partitions larger than 2G. file system The system used by an operating system to track and organise files. All three file systems supported by XP (FAT, FAT32 and NTFS) are examples of hierarchical file systems, which use directories (folders) to organise files into a tree structure, with sub-folders branching off from a root folder. Each file system has its own special features and functions. NTFS is the most sophisticated and efficient of the three XP file systems. 7.If you have an active Internet connection, you can use Dynamic Update to gather the latest XP setup and driver files. This is worth doing, as it may eliminate problems Microsoft has uncovered in installing XP. Click Next to continue |
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