New Installation

[Mickey Mouse]

Thanks for the reply Carey

It appears not all is happening as you say it should.

When I boot with the cd in it doesn't give me the option to reformat.

When I get the message " Press enter to boot from cd" I press enter.
Setup then goes into loading files, when that's done it says setup is
loading Windows.
I'm then presented with a screen that gives me three options.

1: To setup Windows XP now, press enter
2: To repair a Windows XP installation using recovery console, press R
3: To quit setup without installing Windows XP, press F3

Pressing enter just installs a new copy of XP without reformatting leaving
all my previously installed programs.
I don't doubt that all the tools are there, but how to get it to format.
As I said it's not an upgrade but full version. Actually I have two, one
for each machine, this is getting frustrating.
What's worse is it doesn't have a floppy drive so I can't Fdisk with a
floppy. Maybe if I get into the Bios but how?
Oh I miss the good old days of power users. If it's any help, it's a
Pressario R3000.

Mickey

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Do not start the reinstall of Windows XP from within Windows.

Remove the Windows XP CD from the CD drive, then turn-off
your computer. Then restart your computer, enter the BIOS and
change the drive boot order so that the CD Drive is the first
bootable device and the hard drive is the second bootable device.
Insert the Windows XP CD in the CD drive, save the changes
made to the BIOS and your computer will reboot. When prompted
to boot from the CD, press any key and you should soon see the
options for deleting partitions, creating a new partition, and formatting.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

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:

| Thanks for the reply Carey
|
| It appears not all is happening as you say it should.
|
| When I boot with the cd in it doesn't give me the option to reformat.
|
| When I get the message " Press enter to boot from cd" I press enter.
| Setup then goes into loading files, when that's done it says setup is
| loading Windows.
| I'm then presented with a screen that gives me three options.
|
| 1: To setup Windows XP now, press enter
| 2: To repair a Windows XP installation using recovery console, press R
| 3: To quit setup without installing Windows XP, press F3
|
| Pressing enter just installs a new copy of XP without reformatting leaving
| all my previously installed programs.
| I don't doubt that all the tools are there, but how to get it to format.
| As I said it's not an upgrade but full version. Actually I have two, one
| for each machine, this is getting frustrating.
| What's worse is it doesn't have a floppy drive so I can't Fdisk with a
| floppy. Maybe if I get into the Bios but how?
| Oh I miss the good old days of power users. If it's any help, it's a
| Pressario R3000.
|
| Mickey

 

[Mickey Mouse]

Carey, anybody told you? YOUR A WIZ! Thanks, I finally got to the right
place.
Was becoming a bit un-nerving.
Thankyou for your kind help.

Mickey

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

You're welcome! Thanks for the feedback and good luck!

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

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:

| Carey, anybody told you? YOUR A WIZ! Thanks, I finally got to the right
| place.
| Was becoming a bit un-nerving.
| Thankyou for your kind help.
|
| Mickey

 

[Peter A. Stavrakoglou]

Carey, anybody told you? YOUR A WIZ! Thanks, I finally got to the right
place.
Was becoming a bit un-nerving.
Thankyou for your kind help.

Mickey

Carey and the rest of the MVPs are not too shabby, huh? Where else are you
going to get this info and get it this quickly for no cost?

 

[Enkidu]

Carey and the rest of the MVPs are not too shabby, huh?
Where else are you going to get this info and get it
this quickly for no cost?

Ooo, a search of www.microsoft.com, the available
documentation on the CD, and a million web sites?

Only kidding. I'm an MVP myself.

Only kidding, as I said. It is often very useful to have a
guide through the jungle. Gets you there quicker, and
without being attacked by the metaphorical vicious beasties
out there!

Cheers,

Cliff

 

[Michael Stevens]

In

Carey, anybody told you? YOUR A WIZ! Thanks, I finally got to the
right place.
Was becoming a bit un-nerving.
Thankyou for your kind help.

Mickey

I am curious, what was confusing about the web site Carey directed you to
that explained exactly what Carey just explained? Did you read the web page?
I am asking to see if I can make it better. Did you see there is even a
printable version of the step by step.

How to clean install XP.
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
--
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(e-mail address removed)
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com
For a better newsgroup experience. Setup a newsreader.
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[Mickey Mouse]

Hello Michael,
It's not that the website was confusing, let me put it this way.
I explained my problem and Carey explained to me in just a few words what I
need to do. His comments were concise and most importantly TO THE POINT,
without all the preamble! I've been to 'How To' links before and I find
looking at these 'How To' pages that the writer/s tend to ramble on quit a
bit, no offence intended. Let me explain it this way...
A person want to know how to fry an egg so he posts the question.

I would answer it this way..
1. light the stove
I would not discuss the benefits of gas vs electric
2. get a frypan, and add a little oil or butter and heat.
3. crack and egg and put it into the frypan and cook.

That's it, TO THE POINT!
I WOULD NOT go into the If, buts and however. I wouldn't go into the if you
use a large frypan and brand names, I wouldn't get into the pro's and cons
of the type of butter/oil to use, I wouldn't discuss cholesterol etc.
The guy just wants to read hot to fry an egg not read a book. Do you get my
point? Speaking for myself, I have a problem and I just want to fix it
without earning a degree.. I had another problem once that I posted, got
directed to a 'How To' link. I downloaded the page and printed it, 2023
words. After culling it with a black marker I was left with a relevant
answer to my problem, just a little more than 200 words.
I could write a 5000 word essay on how to fry an egg but as you see I did it
in three steps.
People like Carey make it easy, others tend to go off in tangents and
complicate matters. I would like to think that others share my opinions.
Basically, if I want the ins and outs, I'll buy a book.

 

[Michael Stevens]

In

Hello Michael,
It's not that the website was confusing, let me put it this way.
I explained my problem and Carey explained to me in just a few words
what I need to do. His comments were concise and most importantly TO
THE POINT, without all the preamble! I've been to 'How To' links
before and I find looking at these 'How To' pages that the writer/s
tend to ramble on quit a bit, no offence intended. Let me explain it
this way... A person want to know how to fry an egg so he posts the
question.

I would answer it this way..
1. light the stove
I would not discuss the benefits of gas vs electric
2. get a frypan, and add a little oil or butter and heat.
3. crack and egg and put it into the frypan and cook.

That's it, TO THE POINT!
I WOULD NOT go into the If, buts and however. I wouldn't go into the
if you use a large frypan and brand names, I wouldn't get into the
pro's and cons of the type of butter/oil to use, I wouldn't discuss
cholesterol etc. The guy just wants to read hot to fry an egg not read a
book. Do you
get my point? Speaking for myself, I have a problem and I just want
to fix it without earning a degree.. I had another problem once that
I posted, got directed to a 'How To' link. I downloaded the page and
printed it, 2023 words. After culling it with a black marker I was
left with a relevant answer to my problem, just a little more than
200 words. I could write a 5000 word essay on how to fry an egg but as you
see I
did it in three steps.
People like Carey make it easy, others tend to go off in tangents and
complicate matters. I would like to think that others share my
opinions. Basically, if I want the ins and outs, I'll buy a book.

Thanks for the feedback, and yes I see the point and is exactly why the
first line on the page is Click here to skip to "Steps to Clean Install XP"
.. Where in the first two steps your question was answered with little
fluff. For those that need to know more they can read the whole page.
--
Michael Stevens MS-MVP XP
(e-mail address removed)
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com
For a better newsgroup experience. Setup a newsreader.
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm

 

[Michael Stevens]

In

Hello Michael,
It's not that the website was confusing, let me put it this way.
I explained my problem and Carey explained to me in just a few words
what I need to do. His comments were concise and most importantly TO
THE POINT, without all the preamble! I've been to 'How To' links
before and I find looking at these 'How To' pages that the writer/s
tend to ramble on quit a bit, no offence intended. Let me explain it
this way... A person want to know how to fry an egg so he posts the
question.

I would answer it this way..
1. light the stove
I would not discuss the benefits of gas vs electric
2. get a frypan, and add a little oil or butter and heat.
3. crack and egg and put it into the frypan and cook.

That's it, TO THE POINT!
I WOULD NOT go into the If, buts and however. I wouldn't go into the
if you use a large frypan and brand names, I wouldn't get into the
pro's and cons of the type of butter/oil to use, I wouldn't discuss
cholesterol etc. The guy just wants to read hot to fry an egg not read a
book. Do you
get my point? Speaking for myself, I have a problem and I just want
to fix it without earning a degree.. I had another problem once that
I posted, got directed to a 'How To' link. I downloaded the page and
printed it, 2023 words. After culling it with a black marker I was
left with a relevant answer to my problem, just a little more than
200 words. I could write a 5000 word essay on how to fry an egg but as you
see I
did it in three steps.
People like Carey make it easy, others tend to go off in tangents and
complicate matters. I would like to think that others share my
opinions. Basically, if I want the ins and outs, I'll buy a book.

BTW, The printable version is the step by step only and just a little over 3
pages. Did you actually look at the page before critiquing it?
--
Michael Stevens MS-MVP XP
(e-mail address removed)
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com
For a better newsgroup experience. Setup a newsreader.
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm

 

[Mickey Mouse]

BTW, The printable version is the step by step only and just a little over 3

pages. Did you actually look at the page before critiquing it?

Re your step by step, Oh I see, three pages. Well that makes it about two
and a half pages to long. See the answer I got from Carey? Just a few
lines and problem solved.


"Remove the Windows XP CD from the CD drive, then turn-off
Now where is the need to expand that into three pages?

 

[Michael Stevens]

BTW, The printable version is the step by step only and just a little over 3

Re your step by step, Oh I see, three pages. Well that makes it about two
and a half pages to long. See the answer I got from Carey? Just a few
lines and problem solved.

Like I said did you even look at the web site before trashing it? I guess
not by your replies.
Carey's first post included links to my web site [ that you are so
digelently trashing ] that IF you would have followed the links, you would
not have even needed to make another reply to Carey saying you didn't get IT
[i.e. the information]. The thing you don't get is Carey was being polite
and made a rare followup reply with information he had already supplied by
posting the links and if you would have looked at the links you would have
not been dissapointed and. would have not had to wade through unnecessary
fluff, plus he even made a mistake in his reply by saying you needed to
remove the XP CD before rebooting. It is not necessary to remove the XP CD
before rebooting and is an important step in doing the clean install.

Now if you would like to really give me some relevent feedback, I would
appreciate it, but if you want to continue to be deaf, dumb and blind,
please don't bother.

Michael Stevens

 

[Mickey Mouse]

Looks like we're heading towards insults, I didn't trash your site.
Actually looks good. Just not what I require and that's just me. I know
websites like yours take a lot of work and pride. Please, trashing your
site is not my way but I'll apologise anyway. So, how about we just leave
it at that and put it to bed.

All the best wishes
Mickey

BTW, The printable version is the step by step only and just a little
over 3

Re your step by step, Oh I see, three pages. Well that makes it about two
and a half pages to long. See the answer I got from Carey? Just a few
lines and problem solved.

Like I said did you even look at the web site before trashing it? I guess
not by your replies.
Carey's first post included links to my web site [ that you are so
digelently trashing ] that IF you would have followed the links, you would
not have even needed to make another reply to Carey saying you didn't get
IT
[i.e. the information]. The thing you don't get is Carey was being polite
and made a rare followup reply with information he had already supplied by
posting the links and if you would have looked at the links you would
have
not been dissapointed and. would have not had to wade through unnecessary
fluff, plus he even made a mistake in his reply by saying you needed to
remove the XP CD before rebooting. It is not necessary to remove the XP CD
before rebooting and is an important step in doing the clean install.

Now if you would like to really give me some relevent feedback, I would
appreciate it, but if you want to continue to be deaf, dumb and blind,
please don't bother.

Michael Stevens

"Remove the Windows XP CD from the CD drive, then turn-off

Now where is the need to expand that into three pages?

 

[Michael Stevens]

In

Looks like we're heading towards insults, I didn't trash your site.
Actually looks good. Just not what I require and that's just me. I
know websites like yours take a lot of work and pride. Please,
trashing your site is not my way but I'll apologise anyway. So, how
about we just leave it at that and put it to bed.

All the best wishes
Mickey

Cool by me, and say goodnight to Minney,
--
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(e-mail address removed)
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com
For a better newsgroup experience. Setup a newsreader.
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm

BTW, The printable version is the step by step only and just a
little over 3
pages. Did you actually look at the page before critiquing it?

Re your step by step, Oh I see, three pages. Well that makes it
about two and a half pages to long. See the answer I got from
Carey? Just a few lines and problem solved.

Like I said did you even look at the web site before trashing it? I
guess not by your replies.
Carey's first post included links to my web site [ that you are so
digelently trashing ] that IF you would have followed the links, you
would not have even needed to make another reply to Carey saying you
didn't get IT
[i.e. the information]. The thing you don't get is Carey was being
polite and made a rare followup reply with information he had
already supplied by posting the links and if you would have looked
at the links you would have
not been dissapointed and. would have not had to wade through
unnecessary fluff, plus he even made a mistake in his reply by
saying you needed to remove the XP CD before rebooting. It is not
necessary to remove the XP CD before rebooting and is an important
step in doing the clean install. Now if you would like to really give me
some relevent feedback, I
would appreciate it, but if you want to continue to be deaf, dumb
and blind, please don't bother.

Michael Stevens

"Remove the Windows XP CD from the CD drive, then turn-off
your computer. Then restart your computer, enter the BIOS and
change the drive boot order so that the CD Drive is the first
bootable device and the hard drive is the second bootable
device. Insert the Windows XP CD in the CD drive, save the
changes made to the BIOS and your computer will reboot. When
prompted
to boot from the CD, press any key and you should soon see the
options for deleting partitions, creating a new partition, and
formatting. --
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups"

Now where is the need to expand that into three pages?


In Mickey Mouse <.> replied with a ;-)
Hello Michael,
It's not that the website was confusing, let me put it this way.
I explained my problem and Carey explained to me in just a few
words what I need to do. His comments were concise and most
importantly TO THE POINT, without all the preamble! I've been to
'How To' links before and I find looking at these 'How To' pages
that the writer/s tend to ramble on quit a bit, no offence
intended. Let me explain it this way... A person want to know how
to fry an egg so he posts the question.

I would answer it this way..
1. light the stove
I would not discuss the benefits of gas vs electric
2. get a frypan, and add a little oil or butter and heat.
3. crack and egg and put it into the frypan and cook.

That's it, TO THE POINT!
I WOULD NOT go into the If, buts and however. I wouldn't go into
the if you use a large frypan and brand names, I wouldn't get
into the pro's and cons of the type of butter/oil to use, I
wouldn't discuss cholesterol etc. The guy just wants to read hot
to fry an egg not read a book. Do you
get my point? Speaking for myself, I have a problem and I just
want to fix it without earning a degree.. I had another problem
once that I posted, got directed to a 'How To' link. I
downloaded the page and printed it, 2023 words. After culling it
with a black marker I was left with a relevant answer to my
problem, just a little more than 200 words. I could write a 5000
word essay on how to fry an egg but as you see I
did it in three steps.
People like Carey make it easy, others tend to go off in tangents
and complicate matters. I would like to think that others share
my opinions. Basically, if I want the ins and outs, I'll buy a
book.

BTW, The printable version is the step by step only and just a
little over 3 pages. Did you actually look at the page before
critiquing it? --
Michael Stevens MS-MVP XP
(e-mail address removed)
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com
For a better newsgroup experience. Setup a newsreader.
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm






In Mickey Mouse <.> replied with a ;-)
Carey, anybody told you? YOUR A WIZ! Thanks, I finally got to
the right place.
Was becoming a bit un-nerving.
Thankyou for your kind help.

Mickey



I am curious, what was confusing about the web site Carey
directed you to that explained exactly what Carey just
explained? Did you read the web page? I am asking to see if I
can make it better. Did you see there is even a printable
version of the step by step. How to clean install XP.
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
--
Michael Stevens MS-MVP XP
(e-mail address removed)
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com
For a better newsgroup experience. Setup a newsreader.
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm



Do not start the reinstall of Windows XP from within Windows.

Remove the Windows XP CD from the CD drive, then turn-off
your computer. Then restart your computer, enter the BIOS and
change the drive boot order so that the CD Drive is the first
bootable device and the hard drive is the second bootable
device. Insert the Windows XP CD in the CD drive, save the
changes made to the BIOS and your computer will reboot. When
prompted
to boot from the CD, press any key and you should soon see the
options for deleting partitions, creating a new partition, and
formatting. --
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups


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:

Thanks for the reply Carey

It appears not all is happening as you say it should.

When I boot with the cd in it doesn't give me the option to
reformat. When I get the message " Press enter to boot from
cd" I press enter.
Setup then goes into loading files, when that's done it says
setup is loading Windows.
I'm then presented with a screen that gives me three options.

1: To setup Windows XP now, press enter
2: To repair a Windows XP installation using recovery console,
press R 3: To quit setup without installing Windows XP, press
F3 Pressing enter just installs a new copy of XP without
reformatting leaving all my previously installed programs.
I don't doubt that all the tools are there, but how to get it
to format. As I said it's not an upgrade but full version.
Actually I have two, one for each machine, this is getting
frustrating. What's worse is it doesn't have a floppy drive
so I can't Fdisk with a floppy. Maybe if I get into the Bios
but how? Oh I miss the good old days of power users. If it's any
help,
it's a Pressario R3000.

Mickey