Hello,

Have a working PC and having multiple issues and want to just start from
scratch.

Can someone walk me threw how to re-install Windows XP on my pc.

I inserted the blue Gateway Operating System DVD into the pc and rebooted
but get the message you have a newer version on pc then on DVD and aborts
what I want to do.

Any ideas????

Full System Restore (Destructive) - Using Gateway System Recovery Windows XP Recovery CDs
http://support.gateway.com/s/SOFTWAR...PMC0su21.shtml


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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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"Bret" wrote:

Hello,

Have a working PC and having multiple issues and want to just start from
scratch.

Can someone walk me threw how to re-install Windows XP on my pc.

I inserted the blue Gateway Operating System DVD into the pc and rebooted
but get the message you have a newer version on pc then on DVD and aborts
what I want to do.

Any ideas????

When you purchased the Gateway computer, did you upgrade from a
previous version of Windows to Windows XP? The CD or DVD you are
using may have a previous version of windows on it. Have you tried
putting in the CD while booted into windows and running the install
from there?

Bret wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Have a working PC and having multiple issues and want to just start from
> scratch.
>
> Can someone walk me threw how to re-install Windows XP on my pc.
>
> I inserted the blue Gateway Operating System DVD into the pc and rebooted
> but get the message you have a newer version on pc then on DVD and aborts
> what I want to do.
>
> Any ideas????

You're getting the message because 1) your Gateway installation media is
pre-Service Pack 2 and your current install is post-Service Pack 2; and
2) you're trying to do a clean install from within your running Windows
which won't work. Here are links to take you through a clean install.
You can use your Gateway cd or slipstream SP2 into it.

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

How to slipstream sp2 into XP
http://www.simplyguides.net/guides/u...ostreamer.html
- AutoStreamer
http://www.msfn.org/articles.php?act...showarticle=49
http://www.windows-help.net/windowsx...p2-bootcd.html
http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstreamed_xpsp2_cd.htm
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/slipstream.htm

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

Bret wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Have a working PC and having multiple issues and want to just start
> from scratch.
>
> Can someone walk me threw how to re-install Windows XP on my pc.
>
> I inserted the blue Gateway Operating System DVD into the pc and
> rebooted


You rebooted, but you rebooted from the hard drive, not the CD. You need to
boot from the CD. Change the boot order in the BIOS.


--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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but get the message you have a newer version on pc then on
> DVD and aborts what I want to do.
>
> Any ideas????

I had just installed a new service pack so I think that was the issue.
Thank you for your input.


"RBot" wrote:

> When you purchased the Gateway computer, did you upgrade from a
> previous version of Windows to Windows XP? The CD or DVD you are
> using may have a previous version of windows on it. Have you tried
> putting in the CD while booted into windows and running the install
> from there?
>
>