Uninstall & Reinstal Windows

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v.naber

I purchased windows XP professional and asked a computer
friend to install it for me. He installed his copy on my
computer and gave me my copy back unopened. Since then I
have had some strange problems with my CD drive working
and not working for no apparent reason. Someone
suggested that there may be problems from using my
friends XP program and not my original. I wanted to see
about instructions to uninstall windows and reinstall my
copy. I also plan on upgrading my drive to a DVD burner
at the same time. I was able to backup my documents and
should be ok to start over. I just wanted detailed
instructions to make sure that I do it correctly.
 
Hi,

Please see the documented steps on how to format and re-install they are simple to follow if you encounter a problem please drop me an email.

1. Insert your Windows XP CD
2. Restart the machine
3. Press the key specified to enter your BIOS. In most cases you need to press Del to enter the BIOS setup. You should see a message on startup, right in the beginning, which says something like “press <key> to enter setupâ€. E.g. Press Del to enter setup
4. Go into either the Boot section, if you have one, or the 2nd option (should be something like “BIOS features setup†or “Advanced BIOS featuresâ€)
5. Change to boot sequence (should show as “boot sequence†or first boot device; 2nd boot device; 3rd boot device; etc.) so that CD-ROM is first
6. Exit saving changes
7. When you see the message to press any key to boot from CD, press any key
8. At the "Welcome to Setup" screen, press Enter to do a clean install
9. Press F8 to agree to the license agreement
10. Press Esc to perform a clean installation. (If this option is not available, skip to the next step.
11. Press Enter to install to the selected drive
12. Press C to continue if prompted
13. When prompted to format, select the option to “Format using the NTFS File System†and press Enter
14. Press F to continue with the format
15. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installatio

Regards,
 
Can you format the C: drive from the setup screen then?

What happens when you come to activate xp again? For
example If you have already activated it once (from a
genuine XP disk) and then reinstalled (and formatted) do
you need to re-activate?
-----Original Message-----
Hi,

Please see the documented steps on how to format and re-
Click to expand...
install they are simple to follow if you encounter a
problem please drop me an email.
1. Insert your Windows XP CD.
2. Restart the machine.
3. Press the key specified to enter your BIOS. In
Click to expand...
most cases you need to press Del to enter the BIOS setup.
You should see a message on startup, right in the
beginning said:
4. Go into either the Boot section, if you have one,
Click to expand...
or the 2nd option (should be something like â?oBIOS
features setupâ? or â?oAdvanced BIOS featuresâ?).
5. Change to boot sequence (should show as â?oboot
Click to expand...
sequenceâ? or first boot device; 2nd boot device; 3rd
boot device; etc.) so that CD-ROM is first.
6. Exit saving changes.
7. When you see the message to press any key to boot from CD, press any key.
8. At the "Welcome to Setup" screen, press Enter to do a clean install.
9. Press F8 to agree to the license agreement.
10. Press Esc to perform a clean installation. (If
Click to expand...
this option is not available, skip to the next step.)
11. Press Enter to install to the selected drive.
12. Press C to continue if prompted.
13. When prompted to format, select the option to â?
Click to expand...
oFormat using the NTFS File Systemâ? and press Enter.
 
David, yes you can format from the setup screen and yes you can activate
XP on the same computer
many times.

Can you format the C: drive from the setup screen then?

What happens when you come to activate xp again? For
example If you have already activated it once (from a
genuine XP disk) and then reinstalled (and formatted) do
you need to re-activate?
-----Original Message-----
Hi,

Please see the documented steps on how to format and re-
Click to expand...
install they are simple to follow if you encounter a
problem please drop me an email.
1. Insert your Windows XP CD.
2. Restart the machine.
3. Press the key specified to enter your BIOS. In
Click to expand...
most cases you need to press Del to enter the BIOS setup.
You should see a message on startup, right in the
beginning said:
4. Go into either the Boot section, if you have one,
Click to expand...
or the 2nd option (should be something like â?oBIOS
features setupâ? or â?oAdvanced BIOS featuresâ?).
5. Change to boot sequence (should show as â?oboot
Click to expand...
sequenceâ? or first boot device; 2nd boot device; 3rd
boot device; etc.) so that CD-ROM is first.
6. Exit saving changes.
7. When you see the message to press any key to boot from CD, press any key.
8. At the "Welcome to Setup" screen, press Enter to do a clean install.
9. Press F8 to agree to the license agreement.
10. Press Esc to perform a clean installation. (If
Click to expand...
this option is not available, skip to the next step.)
11. Press Enter to install to the selected drive.
12. Press C to continue if prompted.
13. When prompted to format, select the option to â?
Click to expand...
oFormat using the NTFS File Systemâ? and press Enter.
 
v.naber said:
I purchased windows XP professional and asked a computer
friend to install it for me. He installed his copy on my
computer and gave me my copy back unopened. Since then I
have had some strange problems with my CD drive working
and not working for no apparent reason. Someone
suggested that there may be problems from using my
friends XP program and not my original. I wanted to see
about instructions to uninstall windows and reinstall my
copy. I also plan on upgrading my drive to a DVD burner
at the same time. I was able to backup my documents and
should be ok to start over. I just wanted detailed
instructions to make sure that I do it correctly.
Click to expand...

I would doubt your problem is related to which XP CD was used for installing
XP. It is most likely a hardware problem. Which version of XP Pro did your
friend use and what version did you purchase. There are three readily
available versions of XP, Retail XP full and upgrade and OEM. The important
part of your concern would be if he used your CD key or his or some other
key.
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://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
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