1. Open your BIOS and set your CD Drive as the first bootable device.
===> Accessing Motherboard BIOS
===>
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/bios_manufacturer.htm
2. Insert your Windows XP CD in the CD Drive and reboot your computer.
3. You'll see a message to boot to the CD....follow the instructions.
4. The setup menu will appear and you should elect to delete the existing
Windows partitions, then create a new partition, then format the primary
partition (preferably NTFS) and proceed to install Windows XP.
5. Clean Install Windows XP
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
[Courtesy of Michael Stevens, MS-MVP]
6. After Windows XP is installed, visit the Windows Update website
and download the available "Critical Updates".
7. After installing the critical updates, be sure and visit the support website
of the manufacturer of the computer to download and install any
available Windows XP compatible drivers, such as video adapter
and audio drivers.
--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/
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| i did but its still giving me the same thing
|
| Let me tell ya the whole thing
|
| I hav xp home edition right now i tried to upgrade it to
| pro. it downloaded bunch of files too and restarded then
| it gave me two options to chose from
| 1. windows xp home edition
| 2. setup win xo pro
|
| i chose 2 and as soon as it went to setup it loads files
| like keyboard, mouse and stuff like that after loading 3
| to 4 files then it gives me this error hidusb.sys
| corupted!!! it does not ask me any thing like install it
| or repair it shows me the message before that window
| appears
|
| Tanzil
| >-----Original Message-----
| >Open your BIOS and reset your boot order to:
| >
| >1. Floppy Drive
| >2. Hard Drive
| >3. CD Drive
| >
| >--
| >Carey Frisch
| >Microsoft MVP
| >Windows XP - Shell/User
| >
| >Be Smart! Protect your PC!
| >
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/
| >
| >------------------------------------------------------ ---
| ----------------
| >
| > | >
| >| Thanx for ur reply
| >|
| >| The link the you posted tells you what to do after the
| >| loading of some files!!! I hav problem from the start
| i
| >| mean as soon as it restarts and ask you to press any
| key
| >|
| >|
| >| Tanzil
| >
| >.
| >
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