Hi Will,
After you reinstall Windows, you'll need to visit the Windows Update
site install all the latest drivers and security updates.
Here's a great beginners guide on how to reinstall Windows:
http://pcworld.about.com/magazine/2109p156id111652.htm
Time frame for the above... keep your afternoon open. :-)
However, you might not need to reinstall Windows.
You might just need to repair your installation:
How to repair Windows XP (takes less time than reinstalling):
Unplug from your Internet connection, and then repair Windows:
using this method:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
Afterwards, boot up your system, turn on your XP Internet Firewall,
plug back into your Internet connection and install all Critical and
Recommended updates from:
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com
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Jimmy S.
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| if i do this does that mean i will have to load all the drivers and
| everything back on??? and how long do you think it would take??
| thanks will
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| "Will" wrote:
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|| i have the windows professional disk and the driver disk on floppy???? i also
|| have alot more
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|| "Thomas Kuck" wrote:
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||| Step 1 would be to back up all your data files (documents, downloads)
||| onto CD.
||| Step 2 depends whether you have Windows System Disks or a Recovery Drive
||| (this would be *Hard Drive* D: in most cases with names like Recovery).
||| With the CDs you just put the first one in your CD drive and restart
||| your computer. You will then be given two options: one will be the
||| destructive option which will *format *your drive and re-install your
||| operating system from scratch and the other will only re-install your
||| operating system. I would suggest to try option 2 first as this is
||| gentler (mostly on your nerves).
||| Let us know if you got the CDs or a recovery drive first!!!!
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||| Will wrote:
|||| well as u know my computer has been having errors so i thought if i delete
|||| and reload the whole thing or maybe just wipe the harddrive????
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|||| "Thomas Kuck" wrote:
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||||| Please specify what you mean by 'clearing the system'. How and where you
||||| 're-load' is dependent on that.
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||||| Will wrote:
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|||||| can someone give me a website on how to step by step clear my system so i can
|||||| then reload it al back on?????
|||||| thanks will
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