Reinstall Windows XP

[Guest]

I was given a computer to which I do not have administrator rights and none
of the CD's that would go with it. I am interested in reinstalling the
operating system. If I purchase a new version of Win XP should there be any
problems with the reinstall considering the limitations I mentioned?

Thanks.

 

[NewScience]

Should not be any problem since you don't want anything of the old system,
you will just format when you install the new CD and build upon that
installation.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I was given a computer to which I do not have administrator rights

A clarification that may help with the question you ask below: it's not that
you don't have administrator rights to the computer, it's that you don't
have adminstrator rights to the Windows installation on it.

and none of the CD's that would go with it. I am interested in
reinstalling the operating system.

Good! That's always the best thing to do with a used computer.

If I purchase a new version of
Win XP should there be any problems with the reinstall considering
the limitations I mentioned?

No. If you buy a new version, you get the CD, and when you install it, you
decide who gets administrator rights.

 

[Rock]

I was given a computer to which I do not have administrator rights and none
of the CD's that would go with it. I am interested in reinstalling the
operating system. If I purchase a new version of Win XP should there be any
problems with the reinstall considering the limitations I mentioned?

Thanks.

No should be no problems. I recommend you do a clean install, deleting
the old partition and have XP recreate it and format it as part of the
install process. This will prevent any problems from the old
installation from carrying over. See this link for how to do a clean
install: http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

Make sure you get the XP compatible drivers for the chipset, video,
sound, network and other devices in the computer and have them copied to
a CD so they can be installed after XP is installed.

 

[Paul Johnson]

I was given a computer to which I do not have administrator rights and
none of the CD's that would go with it. I am interested in reinstalling
the operating system. If I purchase a new version of Win XP should there
be any problems with the reinstall considering the limitations I
mentioned?

Nope, you can install from new media just fine.