How do I reinstall Windows XP? Please??

[Guest]

I have the cd rom and put it in the drive during startup and a box says it
wont continue because the version I am trying to install is older than what I
already have installed. Is there any way around this? And if I do manage to
do it, will it wipe the hard drive in the process? Thanks a lot.

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

You may be able to slipstream the XP CD you have:

http://www.msfn.org/articles.php?action=show&showarticle=49

and then perform a 'Repair' install of XP. Pleas see the following article
by Michael Stevens;

"How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install"
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

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Will Denny
MS MVP Windows Shell/User
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