Re installation of window xp

Click Start. It's a green button in the bottom-left corner of the screen. Click My Computer. This monitor-shaped option is in the upper-right side of the Start window. Doing so will open the My Computer folder. Enable viewing for hidden files and folders. To do so: [1] X Research source Click the Tools tab in the top-left side of the window.

Click Folder Options Click the View tab. Check the "Show hidden files and folders" circle. Click Apply , then click OK. Double-click Local Disk. If there are multiple Local Disk options, make sure that you double-click the C: drive.

Double-click the Windows folder. This will open the Windows folder. Double-click the i folder. You may have to scroll down to find this option. Find the "winnt Doing so will launch the Windows XP setup process.

Wait for the setup window to appear. Depending on how fast your computer is and which programs were open when you double-clicked winnt Once the setup window appears, you may proceed with reinstalling Windows XP. Part 2. This will initiate the setup. Press the "I agree" key. At the bottom of the screen, you'll see a key e. Press the "Don't Repair" key. You'll see this listed at the bottom of the screen. The "Don't Repair" key is usually Esc. Delete your current XP installation.

Select the NTFS hard drive option using the arrow keys, then press the "Delete" key usually D that's listed at the bottom of the screen. This will indicate to Windows that you want to delete the selected installation. Press L when prompted. Doing so erases the hard drive and returns you to the installation menu. This will select your computer's hard drive as the installation point.

Format your computer's hard drive. I have a dead battery and it indicated that it only can flash the bios with battery power.

If flashing a bios is a part of the windows installation process then It would fail at that point as I will only have electrical power. I hope that this is not a part of the reinstall process. If it is then I would need to get a battery before I replace the operating system. I have not set up microsoft outlook since 5 years ago and no longer remember how to do that.

But I anticipate I will need to get isp codes or use smtp or something like that? I'll have to google search for the aol configuration too. Using wifi and speed test. How do I download now and them get them to the proper place on my internal drive after the operating system installation. Is it somehow a simple copy and paste somewhere or does the operating system look and find it on the external hard drive to place the files in the right place?

The download options are run, save and cancel. If i click on save now can it go to the extrnal hard drive for use later? I am guessing that this is a lot diffrent than the word, excel, powerpoint, adobe files etc which is a copy and paste to my documents? And the same for the drivers, the updated drivers could be downloaded somehow to the external drive and then somehow go to the right place after operating system installation?

How do i find each driver that is old to make sure it seeks a new driver that is on the external drive? Where are all the drivers populated to go through the process? Do I somehow skip this step by not installing the drivers on the dll cd and somehow install drivers from the external drive the first time. How do I do this? I use windows xp sp3 and I have a disk from dell that is a reinstallation cd Microsoft windows xp home edition service pack 2: Also I have microsoft office and if I have any problems with it I reinsert the cd and it enables repairs.

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Details required :. Cancel Submit. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. In reply to Daavee's post on November 2, In reply to needhelpwithwindowsxp's post on November 4, Please indicated the steps and pitfalls and fail safe methods as per the first entry. Thank you. There is never a need to activate Windows since it's already and perpetually activated.

PA Bear already provided good instructions in one of the other threads you began. Here is the link he provided again:. You should definitely have everything you need to successfully reinstall Windows and upgrade it saved to your external hard drive first, including your SP3 standalone executable, IE8 installation file, antivirus installation file, all your drivers, etc.

Make sure you have everything handy before you format your drive!!!! Disclosure: Use this tutorial only when no other options helps to get Windows XP running without any problems and you don't want to format the drive. The back up of the data is the responsible of the user, however there is a description of how to do this.

This tutorial will describe what you need to do in case you need to re install Windows XP on your computer. This is a most common procedure when Windows XP is not booting correctly or the Windows Registry is damaged and it is not able to repair it. Preparation: Before you start to re install Windows, make sure that you have a back up of the data that you need. If you don't have a back up from your data on another drive that don't contain Windows preferably an external drive.

Then you can try the following program Redo Backup to make a back up of your files. You may need to ask some one else to burn this program to a CD. Before you perform a repair installation of Windows XP, you must uninstall any later version of Internet Explorer. If you do not uninstall the later version of Internet Explorer in this situation, Internet Explorer will no longer work after the repair installation of Windows XP is completed. If you performed a repair installation of Windows XP but did not uninstall any later version of Internet Explorer, Internet Explorer will not run.

To troubleshoot this issue, follow these steps. Click Start , click Run , type Winver. To do this, follow these steps:. Click Start , click Run , type appwiz. If Internet Explorer is not listed in the Currently installed programs list, follow these steps:. Restart the computer in the Recovery Console. For more information about how to use the Recovery Console, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:.

In the Currently installed programs list, click Internet Explorer 7 or click Internet Explorer 8 , and then click Remove. For Windows Internet Explorer 7. Perform a Repair installation of Windows XP.