My PC is a Dell Optiplex GX280 and I am running Windows XP SP2. My warranty
period is over. I re-installed Windows after running the system more than 3
years. I assumed a re-install would wipe out everything and replace it with
a new installation but I do not think that is the actual case. I have an
"All Users.Windows" folder and an "All Users" folder. The All Users.Windows
folder is available as a shared folder but not the other folder. Does anyone
know why this happened? How can I fix this?

tia,
ridgerunner

To get a "clean xp install" one must boot to xp cd,at boot menu,install
xp,new copy,delete the partition,create one,then xp formats & installs auto.
W/o the format,its not a true reinstall.

"ridgerunner" wrote:

> My PC is a Dell Optiplex GX280 and I am running Windows XP SP2. My warranty
> period is over. I re-installed Windows after running the system more than 3
> years. I assumed a re-install would wipe out everything and replace it with
> a new installation but I do not think that is the actual case. I have an
> "All Users.Windows" folder and an "All Users" folder. The All Users.Windows
> folder is available as a shared folder but not the other folder. Does anyone
> know why this happened? How can I fix this?
>
> tia,
> ridgerunner
>

I have to use the install CD that came with the computer, but I still need to
fix this problem.

"Andrew E." wrote:

> To get a "clean xp install" one must boot to xp cd,at boot menu,install
> xp,new copy,delete the partition,create one,then xp formats & installs auto.
> W/o the format,its not a true reinstall.
>
> "ridgerunner" wrote:
>
> > My PC is a Dell Optiplex GX280 and I am running Windows XP SP2. My warranty
> > period is over. I re-installed Windows after running the system more than 3
> > years. I assumed a re-install would wipe out everything and replace it with
> > a new installation but I do not think that is the actual case. I have an
> > "All Users.Windows" folder and an "All Users" folder. The All Users.Windows
> > folder is available as a shared folder but not the other folder. Does anyone
> > know why this happened? How can I fix this?
> >
> > tia,
> > ridgerunner
> >

ridgerunner wrote:

> I have to use the install CD that came with the computer, but I still need
> to fix this problem.
>
> "Andrew E." wrote:
>
>> To get a "clean xp install" one must boot to xp cd,at boot menu,install
>> xp,new copy,delete the partition,create one,then xp formats & installs
>> auto. W/o the format,its not a true reinstall.
>>
>> "ridgerunner" wrote:
>>
>> > My PC is a Dell Optiplex GX280 and I am running Windows XP SP2. My
>> > warranty
>> > period is over. I re-installed Windows after running the system more
>> > than 3
>> > years. I assumed a re-install would wipe out everything and replace it
>> > with
>> > a new installation but I do not think that is the actual case. I have
>> > an
>> > "All Users.Windows" folder and an "All Users" folder. The All
>> > Users.Windows
>> > folder is available as a shared folder but not the other folder. Does
>> > anyone
>> > know why this happened? How can I fix this?

You didn't do a clean install. Refer to these links to see how to do a clean
install:

http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html - Clean Install How-To
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...alling_Windows - What
you will need on-hand


Malke
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