A FRESH START

[Guest]

I AM GOING TO RE INSTALL WIN XP PRO ASAP, JUST WANTING TO KNOW THE BEST
METHOD OF CLEANING ALL DATA BEFOREHAND SO THAT I HAVE NO OLD STUFF COMING
BACK ON THE NEW INSTALLATION. HAVE JUST BOUGHT AN EXT HD AND HAVE SENT PHOTOS
AND SOME DOCS I WISH TO KEEP TO THAT.
ANY ADVISE WELCOME AS I WOULD APPRECIATE A CLEAN HD AS POSSIBLE

THANK YOU
DON

 

[Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User]

Go to http://www.michaelstevenstech.com for info on re-installing XP..

 

[Alec S.]

Go to http://www.michaelstevenstech.com for info on re-installing XP..

And don't forget to check/clean your keyboard before the fresh install. It seems that your CapsLock key is stuck or jammed; that
can cause problems.

 

[Guest]

And don't forget to check/clean your keyboard before the fresh install. It seems that your CapsLock key is stuck or jammed; that
can cause problems.

--
Alec S.
news/alec->synetech/cjb/net


yoU musT bE boreD

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I AM GOING TO RE INSTALL WIN XP PRO ASAP, JUST WANTING TO KNOW THE
BEST METHOD OF CLEANING ALL DATA BEFOREHAND SO THAT I HAVE NO OLD
STUFF COMING BACK ON THE NEW INSTALLATION. HAVE JUST BOUGHT AN EXT HD
AND HAVE SENT PHOTOS AND SOME DOCS I WISH TO KEEP TO THAT.
ANY ADVISE WELCOME AS I WOULD APPRECIATE A CLEAN HD AS POSSIBLE

Ouch! Please don't yell at us. We can hear you if you type normally, in
mixed case.

When you reinstall Windows, the first step is formatting the drive. That
takes everything off the drive, so there is no need to do any "CLEANING ALL
DATA BEFOREHAND."

Just boot from the Windows XP CD (change the BIOS boot order if necessary to
accomplish this) and follow the prompts for a clean installation (delete the
existing partition by pressing "D" when prompted, then create a new one).

You can find detailed instructions here:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

or here http://windowsxp.mvps.org/XPClean.htm

or here http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm

 

[Gerry Cornell]

No Alec just likes to observe nettiquette!

Item 8 towards the bottom.
http://www.bcu.org/SMUG/nettiquette.asp

If you are rude when posting many will not reply so you are the loser!
That is if you are seeking help.

--

Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute
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[Alec S.]

Are you talking to me, or are you quoting something I didn't say?

Your entire post was in capital letters. Either you don't know grammar, or your Caps Lock key really is stuck. I gave you the
benefit of the doubt, but obviously it was the former.

 

[Alec S.]

No Alec just likes to observe netiquette!

Item 8 towards the bottom.
http://www.bcu.org/SMUG/nettiquette.asp

If you are rude when posting many will not reply so you are the loser!
That is if you are seeking help.

Actually, I was giving him the benefit of the doubt that his keyboard actually was jammed, rather than assuming he's just careless.
I guess I was wrong. I don't think he was being rude, just lazy (or young).

Proper capitalization isn't netiquette, it's grammar, in any medium. Why is it that people are more sloppy with it on computers,
because it's easier? because it's "more work" to press Shift? :|