andsome Posted July 26, 2004 Report Share Posted July 26, 2004 I have a major problem. I have tried a repair of XP without success. Can someone kindly post me step by step details as to how to completely reinstall XP Home? I have two hard drives C and D. D is conpletley corrupt. Luckily I have most of my photo's on CD. Please post in laymans terms. I will leave computer on all night and look at your offers tomorrow. I am afraid that if I close down I will not be able to restart. The computer is set up ready to boot from CD.Thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted July 26, 2004 Report Share Posted July 26, 2004 Place Windows disc in CD drive and reboot the computer. Press any key when message shows asking whether you want to boot from the CD. Computer then boots from CD.On the first screen you will be given 3 options1. To setup windows XP now press enter2. To repair a windows XP installation using recovery console, press R3. To quit setup without installing windows XP, press F3At this stage you need to press Enter and then you will be give an agreement screen, to accept press F8 and this will take you on to another screen.The next screen shows1. To setup Windows XP on the selected item, Press enter2. To create partition in the unpartition space, press C3. To delete the selected partition press DYou will see a box with C:\ partition [NTFS] and you may get D:\ and E:\ drive showing if you have a partition on the hard disk drive and a second hard disk drive. Highlight the C: drive.Press enter to continue, on the next screen you will see1. To continue setup using this partition, Press C2. To select a different partition, press EscPress C and you will be given another screen1. Format the partition using the NTFS file system (Quick)2. Format the partition using the NTFS file system3. Leave the correct file system intact (no changes).Choose Format the partition using the NTFS file system (Quick) to quick format the hard disk and reinstall windows. During the install process you are asked to set the language, keyboard etc. Used UK EnglishNetwork settings set as “Typical”Windows set the screen resolution. (Later changed manually when all software installed)Registered and activated Windows by following screen instructions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvw Posted July 26, 2004 Report Share Posted July 26, 2004 http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sg_clean.aspClean Install of XP.Update Rollup will save you some time installing all of them, download and save it.http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...&displaylang=en Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D4\/!d Posted July 26, 2004 Report Share Posted July 26, 2004 This helped me a lot - hope it helps youhttp://www.blackviper.com/Articles/OS/Inst...tallxphome1.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvw Posted July 26, 2004 Report Share Posted July 26, 2004 Powerless has done an excellent post as well here:http://www.windowsforum.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=10436 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted July 26, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2004 Thanks so far. I want to ensure that Drive D is also completely clean. The OS will be installed on drive C. I made the mistake of installing some programs to D, so this also means that bits of these programs are also on C. So therefore I need a completely clean format of both drives and a complete reinstall. I have a full installation CD, and also the driver CD's. At what stage do I install drivers? No drives are partitioned, and I do not want them to be. C and D are completely seperate drives.Should I make my first job a format of D? If not at what stage do I attend to drive D? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvw Posted July 26, 2004 Report Share Posted July 26, 2004 Preparation is the key Andsome....if the machine is running OK now then keep it running for the time being.Format your second hard drive, which will delete everything. Then start saving things to that drive which you can load into C after the clean install.You should be able to format D by right clicking the drive and select the format option.XP will have drivers for most things I guess, it'll tell you what drivers it needs after the install. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted July 27, 2004 Report Share Posted July 27, 2004 Ensure you have a copy of the Blaster worm patch and Stinger on a disc and ensure that the patch is installed BEFORE you connect to the Internet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted July 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2004 Many thanks all. Her goes then. Hopefully I will see you later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted July 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2004 Thanks again to all who helped. Back again but still a lot of reinstalling to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted July 27, 2004 Report Share Posted July 27, 2004 andsome - it will be worth it. It will zoom along now you have removed all the junk - the junk that you don't know is there but slows your system down enormously all the same.Can I suggest that you re-install program gradually like as-and-when you need to use them. That way the system can settle down slowly and it will prevent you getting terminally bored doing the re-installing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djohn Posted July 27, 2004 Report Share Posted July 27, 2004 Well done andsome! -pops- advice is good. keep the junk off as much as possible. The best way is to keep all your programs/applications to your C drive and your folders/files/photo's etc to your slave drive.Also now that you have a clean install of your system, it may be a good idea to make a backup/image of the C drive and save it to the slave drive. If disaster strikes again you can be up and running in minutes with everything set as you had it prior to the problem, including all your fine tuning and internet settings.-pops- or Powerless will guide you through this if you wish and now is the best time to do it. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madboy33 Posted July 27, 2004 Report Share Posted July 27, 2004 AndsomeXPSP2http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechn...sp2preview.mspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted July 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2004 Phew what a marathon. I had to do the whole damned thing again. I decided in my wisdom the time to give 'Go Back' a go,(pun). It fouled everything up, and if it wasn't that then something did. I couldn't even reinstall until I had uninstalled Go Back, and that took about an hour. I would be glad of assistance in backing C drive up to D drive please. I will do it tomorrow though, I am very tired now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvw Posted July 27, 2004 Report Share Posted July 27, 2004 Well done :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted July 29, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 You wouldn't believe it. I happily reinstalled several programs, and the computer was running beautifully. I closed down for the night and the damned thing would not boot up the next morning. It would not start in safe mode or even with the CD. The one hard drive which had had a few bad areas for some time, had failed completely , so here I am, back again with another hard drive in place and busy reinstalling everything yet again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvw Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 Sometimes......... it just isn't your day :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted July 29, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 Sometimes......... it just isn't your day :DToo bloody true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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