reinstall windows

[autogoor]

Recently, my laptop was infected by spyware and I am thinking about
reinstall windows XP. I would like to format the entire hard drive. I
have windows XP CD, but the laptop has no floppy drive. How can I start
the laptop, and format my hard drive and reinstall windows?

Thanks,

Autogoor

 

[Gordon]

Recently, my laptop was infected by spyware and I am thinking about
reinstall windows XP. I would like to format the entire hard drive. I
have windows XP CD, but the laptop has no floppy drive. How can I
start the laptop, and format my hard drive and reinstall windows?

Thanks,

Autogoor

You don't need the floppy. Set your BIOS to boot from CD, and follow the
instructions.

 

[Malke]

Recently, my laptop was infected by spyware and I am thinking about
reinstall windows XP. I would like to format the entire hard drive. I
have windows XP CD, but the laptop has no floppy drive. How can I
start the laptop, and format my hard drive and reinstall windows?

Thanks,

Autogoor

The Windows XP cd is bootable. Set your machine to boot from the cd-rom
drive.

However, since you have a laptop, you should refer to the laptop's
manual for exact instructions regarding reinstallation.

Malke

 

[Michael Stevens]

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Recently, my laptop was infected by spyware and I am thinking about
reinstall windows XP. I would like to format the entire hard drive. I
have windows XP CD, but the laptop has no floppy drive. How can I
start the laptop, and format my hard drive and reinstall windows?

Thanks,

Autogoor

You boot from the CD and do a clean install.
Click on or copy and paste the link below into your web browser address bar.
How to clean install XP.
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
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[autogoor]

You don't need the floppy. Set your BIOS to boot from CD, and follow the
instructions.

Thanks, how can I set my BIOS to CD?

 

[Rock]

Thanks, how can I set my BIOS to CD?

Depends on what system you have. Usually when the system boots it will
display a message about what key strokes to press to enter the BIOS or
sometimes it's called setup. Another source of info is the manual that
came with the system. Also see this link for information on what key
strokes might work:

http://michaelstevenstech.com/bios_manufacturer.htm