How do I reinstall XP

[Gary Baker]

I am having problems reinstalling XP on my computer. Some how I have two XP
operating systems on my computer and would like to erase everything on my
hard drive and reinstall only one but every time I try to do this I get
stuck on the F8 page and cant go any further it lets me pg up, pg dn, and
esc but won't let me push F8 and go further. Can someone please help me with
this issue?

 

[TaurArian [MS-MVP]]

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
Information on the above link which should assist you.

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|I am having problems reinstalling XP on my computer. Some how I have two XP
| operating systems on my computer and would like to erase everything on my
| hard drive and reinstall only one but every time I try to do this I get
| stuck on the F8 page and cant go any further it lets me pg up, pg dn, and
| esc but won't let me push F8 and go further. Can someone please help me with
| this issue?
|
|

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I am having problems reinstalling XP on my computer. Some how I
have two XP operating systems on my computer and would like to
erase everything on my hard drive and reinstall only one but every
time I try to do this I get stuck on the F8 page and cant go any
further it lets me pg up, pg dn, and esc but won't let me push F8
and go further. Can someone please help me with this issue?

???
Change the system BIOS to boot from your CD ROM drive...
Put in your true Windows Xp Installation media...
Turn off the machine - turn it on and when it asks you to 'press any key to
boot from CD' - do so...
Step through the new installa nd when it asks you to CHOOSE which partition
to install on - DELETE all the partitions and CREATE new ones...
Then continue through the steps...

Do not connect to the Internet until you are sure your Firewall is enabled
and then visit only http://windowsupdates.microsoft.com/ and scan
for/install every patch you can - reboot and revisit until you have them
all. (Excluding any for hardware drivers - get those from the actual
hardware manufacturer...)

That's it. You will lose every file you do not backup and you will have to
manually reinstall every application you are used to running...