REFORMAT HORROR

[Guest]

WHILE TRYING TO REFORMAT A COMPUTER WITH EXSISTING XP POWER FAILER OCCURED. AFTER REBBOTING THE COMPUTER I WAS LEFT WITH A BLUE SCREEN ONLY. i CAN ACSESS TASK MANAGER BUT NOTHING ELSE. HOW DO I REINSTALL XP OVER THE OLD ONE. THROUGH COMMAND PROMPT ALMOST ALL FILES ARE GONE EXCEPT FOR SOME WINDOWS, AND PROGRAM FILES. DURRING INSTILLATION THE COMPUTER TRIES TO FIND DIAL TONE AND CANNOT. AT WITCH POINT SETUP FREEZES. ANY IDEAS WOULD BE GREAT.

 

[Guest]

Have you tried to format the drive and reload windows after this occured?

 

[Jerry]

Boot using the XP CD and do a repair install.

WHILE TRYING TO REFORMAT A COMPUTER WITH EXSISTING XP POWER FAILER

OCCURED. AFTER REBBOTING THE COMPUTER I WAS LEFT WITH A BLUE SCREEN ONLY. i
CAN ACSESS TASK MANAGER BUT NOTHING ELSE. HOW DO I REINSTALL XP OVER THE OLD
ONE. THROUGH COMMAND PROMPT ALMOST ALL FILES ARE GONE EXCEPT FOR SOME
WINDOWS, AND PROGRAM FILES. DURRING INSTILLATION THE COMPUTER TRIES TO FIND
DIAL TONE AND CANNOT. AT WITCH POINT SETUP FREEZES. ANY IDEAS WOULD BE
GREAT.