Reinstallation of Operating system

[Zellan]

My PC had XP Home installed about 2 years ago and even though it contains
minimal programs it is running very slow. I wanted to reinstall the
operating system taking it back to a factory condition. It originally came
with windows ME and I have the restore discs for this.

Questions:

Do I restore back to the original ME operating system and then just upgrade
to XP home?
Should I complete the operating system upgrade before installing peripheral
devices? printers etc.
Is the upgrade from ME to XP just a straight forward process and does it
involve just entering the XP disc and following the prompt?

My system
Compac presario desktop
20G hard drive
851M processor
512 M Ram

Can anyone please point me to some online documentation to asssist with
this.

Regards

Zellan

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Try a 'Repair' install of XP. Please 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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