Where to start with Offlease Graphics workstation

[Guest]

Happy New Year!! I just upgraded computers from an old (5 yrs?) HP Vectra
(single PIII dual hard drives) running Win2KPro to a 2-yr old BOXX 3D R3s
(dual AMD processors, dual hard drives) running WinXP Pro--big jump up! The
BOXX is an offlease machine that came with an OEM installation of WinXP Pro
complete w/ COA and product key. Being only moderately technical, I used the
wizard provided in the XP utilities to migrate my files from the HP Vectra to
the BOXX thinking this would be the safe, non-destructive method. The
overview in the wizard even said it was suitable for moving files from a
Win2K to a WinXP machine. Hmmmm.

As it is, the BOXX runs but stutters, XP does not shut down the PC correctly
and several programs hang up whenever I attempt to start them.

Long story short: Many of the files moved should have been left behind
(i.e., HP diagnostic .exes and more). Now I need to know how to start over
by reformatting the hard drives. I do not have the WinXP Pro CD to reload
but I do have the product key.

I am posting this from my work PC since Internet Explorer is one of the
stuttering programs on the BOXX.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

How to replace lost, broken, or missing Microsoft software or hardware
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[ln];326246

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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| Happy New Year!! I just upgraded computers from an old (5 yrs?) HP Vectra
| (single PIII dual hard drives) running Win2KPro to a 2-yr old BOXX 3D R3s
| (dual AMD processors, dual hard drives) running WinXP Pro--big jump up! The
| BOXX is an offlease machine that came with an OEM installation of WinXP Pro
| complete w/ COA and product key. Being only moderately technical, I used the
| wizard provided in the XP utilities to migrate my files from the HP Vectra to
| the BOXX thinking this would be the safe, non-destructive method. The
| overview in the wizard even said it was suitable for moving files from a
| Win2K to a WinXP machine. Hmmmm.
|
| As it is, the BOXX runs but stutters, XP does not shut down the PC correctly
| and several programs hang up whenever I attempt to start them.
|
| Long story short: Many of the files moved should have been left behind
| (i.e., HP diagnostic .exes and more). Now I need to know how to start over
| by reformatting the hard drives. I do not have the WinXP Pro CD to reload
| but I do have the product key.
|
| I am posting this from my work PC since Internet Explorer is one of the
| stuttering programs on the BOXX.
|
| --
| Learning Design to Design Learning

 

[Guest]

Thank you for the link! Getting the Boxx running starts again -- NOW!

 

[beb]

The transfer wiz does not transfer programs. An exe is a program and would
not get installed unless you did so manually,
or it was already on the machine. Go to control panel and uninstall programs
that you are not using. Clean up the PC before you use it regularly. Run
virus and spyware scans. Check with Boxx, they might have installed
windows on a hidden partition. Check your root drive usually c: if there is
a I386 folder. If there is one you might be able to run a sfc /scannow
command to check if missing or currupt files is the reason for your
problems.

Thank you for the link! Getting the Boxx running starts again -- NOW!
--
Learning Design to Design Learning

How to replace lost, broken, or missing Microsoft software or hardware
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[ln];326246

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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:

| Happy New Year!! I just upgraded computers from an old (5 yrs?) HP
Vectra
| (single PIII dual hard drives) running Win2KPro to a 2-yr old BOXX 3D
R3s
| (dual AMD processors, dual hard drives) running WinXP Pro--big jump up!
The
| BOXX is an offlease machine that came with an OEM installation of WinXP
Pro
| complete w/ COA and product key. Being only moderately technical, I
used the
| wizard provided in the XP utilities to migrate my files from the HP
Vectra to
| the BOXX thinking this would be the safe, non-destructive method. The
| overview in the wizard even said it was suitable for moving files from
a
| Win2K to a WinXP machine. Hmmmm.
|
| As it is, the BOXX runs but stutters, XP does not shut down the PC
correctly
| and several programs hang up whenever I attempt to start them.
|
| Long story short: Many of the files moved should have been left behind
| (i.e., HP diagnostic .exes and more). Now I need to know how to start
over
| by reformatting the hard drives. I do not have the WinXP Pro CD to
reload
| but I do have the product key.
|
| I am posting this from my work PC since Internet Explorer is one of the
| stuttering programs on the BOXX.
|
| --
| Learning Design to Design Learning