Reinstalling XP

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Hi-I have a PC from my old joo - had the day from hell yesterday as I changed
my settings and created a new workgroup, deleting/changing the domain that
was set. When I restarted my PC I could not logon as the username & password
did not work!!! I've copied my data to another PC but now need to reinstall
XP. I'm not sure about partitions - have booted from the CD rom, and am now
being asked which partition to delete/keep/install on.
Can you help please???
 
Well, if you erase a partition, then you'll loose all data from it. Then,
you'll have to re-create that partition and install the operating system on
it. Do this only if you have all your data backed up. This will give you a
clean, fresh installation, with no rubbish left around.
Study this link to get yourself familiar:
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

If you don't want to erase the old partition, you should just select the
original one you had Windows XP (it's usually C:, unless you had it
differently), it will then perform an in-place install (basically overwrite
the old system and reset all the settings)
From my experience, in both cases you will have to reinstall all your other
programs.

If your system boots up into windows, you can just insert the install CD
after you are in Windows and run the setup from it. This will re-install
Windows and keep your old installed programs.
 
Is this a computer you have taken home from work?
Are you planning to use this computer for personal use?
Is it a laptop or desktop?
Does it have XP on it now?
Do you have the XP cd?
How do you intend to use the computer now?
 
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