Windiws XP - NTFS File System - Fresh Install

[John Hilgers]

During my Windows XP upgrade install, I changed my file
system to NTFS. Given this combination, I apparently can
no longer do a fresh install and my system is hosed. (I
don't recall being warned I never would be able to do a
fresh install again but there certainly were some
warnings that I couldn't go backwards.) What options do
I have short of dumping my upgrade version and buying a
full version? Is there a special upgrade price to
upgrade from XP home upgrade to XP home full? If no, is
there some process available to help me de-hose my system
without doing a fresh install?

 

[Guest]

Re-Burn the cd.

http://www.thetechguide.com/howto/setuppini.html

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

During my Windows XP upgrade install, I changed my file
system to NTFS. Given this combination, I apparently can
no longer do a fresh install and my system is hosed. (I
don't recall being warned I never would be able to do a
fresh install again but there certainly were some
warnings that I couldn't go backwards.) What options do
I have short of dumping my upgrade version and buying a
full version? Is there a special upgrade price to
upgrade from XP home upgrade to XP home full? If no, is
there some process available to help me de-hose my system
without doing a fresh install?

You can use the Upgrade XP CD to perform a clean install. The only
difference from the Full version CD is that you will need a CD from a
preious version of Windows, to accomplish the install. Just select New
Install instead of Upgrade. You will be able to format or repartition the
drive.

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[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Why do you think that you cannot perform a fresh installation on
an NTFS partition? Nothing could be more wrong.

Simply boot from the WinXP installation CD. You'll be offered
the opportunity to delete, create, and format partitions as part of
the installation process. (You may need to re-arrange the order of
boot devices in the PC's BIOS to boot from the CD.)

HOW TO Install Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;316941

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm


Bruce Chambers

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[Ken Blake]

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During my Windows XP upgrade install, I changed my file
system to NTFS. Given this combination, I apparently can
no longer do a fresh install and my system is hosed.

No, not true. The requirement to use an upgrade version is to
*own* a previous qualifying version's installation CD (not an OEM
restore CD), not to have it installed. When setup doesn't find a
previous qualifying version installed, it will prompt you to
insert its CD as proof of ownership. Just insert the previous
version's CD, and follow the prompts. Everything proceeds quite
normally and quite legitimately.