Startup Disk???? PLEASE HELP

[Jay]

My computer is not running accordingly... I want to
re-install Windows XP Home Edition Back onto my computer...

I have lost my Start-up Disk so I dont know what to do. I
don't know I even have a startup disk, is there anyway to
re-install my Windows XP Home Edition?

 

[S.Sengupta]

-----Original Message-----
My computer is not running accordingly... I want to
re-install Windows XP Home Edition Back onto my computer...

I have lost my Start-up Disk so I dont know what to do. I
don't know I even have a startup disk, is there anyway to
re-install my Windows XP Home Edition?
.

Hello!
I can't understand one thing.Why do you require start up
disks?The original XP CD must be a bootable one.
Still if you need XP Home start up disks, click:-
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...FamilyID=E8FE6868-6E4F-471C-B455-BD5AFEE126D8
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...FamilyID=FBE5E4FC-695F-43E5-AF05-719F45C382A4
with regards,
ssg
pronetworks.org

 

[Alex Nichol]

My computer is not running accordingly... I want to
re-install Windows XP Home Edition Back onto my computer...

You presumably has a Windows XP CD? That is directly bootable. YOu go
to the BIOS setup, by hitting the appropriate hot key as the memory
count is going on. This is often DEL - but there is usually a 'Hit
whatever to enter Setup' if you just hit a couple of keys together.

In that, set the Boot order - either on a page of its own, or in 'BIOS
settings', to boot from the CDRom before the hard disk. Exit, saving
the change. Then boot the XP CD, start Setup (do not take 'Repair' at
this stage), then after the license agreement take 'Repair
Installation'. This will retain your existing software installations
and most settings. But Updates will have to be run again, especially
SP1;

If that does not work out, you can in the same way choose New Install
rather than Repair, and when it asks you to confirm where, hit ESC;
select and delete the current partition and make a new RAW one to be
formatted at the next stage. Be sure you'd have all data files backed
up first - you will need to reinstall software and restore data

 

[Bobbie Leslie]

I notice many times people refer to changing the BIOS when I believe
they mean to change the CMOS. I refer to an excerpt I picked up
somewhere on the web that more or less goes like this:

Except for devices that contain their own BIOS information--for
example, video cards and SCSI controllers--the BIOS initializes the
devices according to the information stored in CMOS. The most obvious
of these details concern the processor and hard disks, but a great
many more are part of the boot sequence as well. You may not even
notice the initialization checks on some components until the BIOS
can't find them: If your keyboard isn't plugged in, for instance, or
if your floppy disk drive is missing its interface cable, the BIOS
will display an error message. After the POST is complete, the BIOS
looks for and then loads the operating system.
The CMOS Setup Program
While the POST is in process, the BIOS gives you access to a small
program, usually called Setup, that lets you examine and alter your
CMOS settings. You'll see a message on your screen telling you to
press a specific key (Del is common) or key combination to enter
Setup, and you'll have a limited time to do so. Watch for this
message, or simply hold down the appropriate key (if you know it)
while the memory test is taking place. A screen will pop up with
several menu options. Exactly what you'll see depends on which brand
of BIOS your computer is running, but you'll probably see a menu
called Standard CMOS Setup and another called Advanced CMOS Setup.


I apologize to the author for not giving his name or URL but the
intent is a basic thing with me. If I want to change my BIOS I have to
"flash" the sucker which is an entirely different thing than making
changes to the CMOS. Maybe I'm nitpicking something I should leave
alone but I know there are a lot of readers that have no idea what it
means to actually change a BIOS by "flashing" or erasing and
reprogramming it and/or making a keyboard or mouse change to the CMOS.
The BIOS is a tiny bit of code by today' standards but can make a
world of difference in what your motherboard can or cannot do. Before
I get flamed too badly I know that the two work pretty much hand in
glove but they are separate entities and I think we ought to address
them as such.
Bob

 

[Pemo]

-----Original Message-----
My computer is not running accordingly... I want to
re-install Windows XP Home Edition Back onto my computer...

I have lost my Start-up Disk so I dont know what to do. I
don't know I even have a startup disk, is there anyway to
re-install my Windows XP Home Edition?
.

Hello!
I can't understand one thing.Why do you require start up
disks?The original XP CD must be a bootable one.
Still if you need XP Home start up disks, click:-
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...FamilyID=E8FE6868-6E4F-471C-B455-BD5AFEE126D8
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...FamilyID=FBE5E4FC-695F-43E5-AF05-719F45C382A4

Is there an equivalent startup disk download for XP Pro?

Thanks

Pemo

 

[Steve Robertson]

Pemo-

Try the following:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=55820edb-5039-4955-
bcb7-4fed408ea73f&DisplayLang=en

The boot disks for systems with Service Pack 1 installed are different than
this one but this will get you into the right department.

S