my OS is windows xp home. when I defrag, the system freezes up and I have to shut down via the surge protector. I contacted Dell but ended up going around in circles with them. The best that I can gather is that I have a corrupt file somewhere. I want to try a repair reinstall. my question is, do I have to set the Bios to boot from the CD drive, or can I simply put in the Reinstallation CD and follow the instructions?
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I need instructions how to set up the software etc.
Need instructions on how to trf. favorites from I.E. to safari. Need icon to click on to take me there.
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That helped me boot up back into Windows, but as windows logs on I have an error "C:Documents and SettingsAdministratorDesktop" does not exist,it most certainly does exist) or something similar, obviously lagging the load of explorer.exe and resulting in a blank desktop other than default items.
I have a Sony VAIO which (Already had XP Home installed on it from the retailer! I have a Dell Windows XP Home Sp2 installation disc I got with my Dell laptop. Can I use this disc to create a Slipstream CD Home XP sp3
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View 5 Replies View RelatedI've lately had some problems with my win-xp (home) following installation/ un-installation of daemon tools that corrupted some registry files. After an unsuccesfull repair-instalation of xp, i re-installed xp onto the secondary partition of my hard drive (d:, the original instalation being on c. I was intending to format the c: drive, then instal a copy of xp-pro i have onto it
finally moving the files i want to keep back from the d: drive onto the c: drive.The problem i'm now having is on formatting i recieve the error message 'system partition is not allowed to be formatted', as it is the primary partition. Can i go about formatting this drive in partitions and proceed with the re-install without having to remove the files i have on the d: drive? How might i go about this?
I started up the computer, watched the BIOS detect the RAM, hard drive, etc, and then was greeted by a blank screen instead of the Windows boot screen. It proceeded though, and after a few seconds flashed to another black screen, this time displaying the cursor. I'm guessing this is the logon screen, but nothing displays but the cursor. (Note that the video card and monitor are both fine...I tried swapping them out just in case.)
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View 3 Replies View RelatedI tried to install XP Pro SP2 on my laptop and somehow my product key was no good. I first reformated my hard drive and Windows installation begun but I had to get out since the product key was invalid.I finally noticed I had the wrong disk. When I finally found the right disk with the right key, the old installation kept on coming back where I left it. How can I start all over again, with the reformating and reinstallation from scratch? I really don't know how to do this. Is there a special command at reboot? Do I have to put the CD in or not? I'm not sure anymore since it's been years since I've tried this.
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View 12 Replies View RelatedDoes anyone know how to install windows xp on a computer with 48 mb ram? The setup won't let me. Says I need 64 mb ram. Then stops install. Does anyone know how to bypass this setting. I know it will run slow. I just want to do it.
View 11 Replies View RelatedI read the article on how to slipstream SP2 into a new installation CD but is there any way to integrate up-to-date drivers (chipset, SATA, GPU) into it aswell?
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I got A blue Screen of Death saying "Unmountable Boot Volume", though for the first few seconds,I see the Windows XP logo. I don't have any caching or shadowing things in my BIOS.(which in my opinion just sounds like garbage that MS threw on there as a default for BSOD's) I've been receiving a malware warning from Avast anti-virus, I had AVG, Avast, and Ad-aware running in the background, and only Avast detected it. I have my Windows XP CD, but it does not detect my XP installation, and only sees one of my other(non-functional) installations.And.I don't know the Admin password to that anyway. so I can't do a CheckDisk or anything like that. I'm writing this from a Knoppix Live-CD, so I can't use any windows Applications that might fix the problem. oh.... And another Detail... Under The Partition thingy for installing windows, it says that the file type is unknown. I'm not sure, but I think it was the NTFS.
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However after having XP, I could find only some of the XP drivers for the laptop after hours and hours of searching the web. At the moment I have the USB's , Ethernet, Modem, and sound working but can't use the Camera, the AV Mode button, the S Button, Card Reader, and the Alps pointing device.
I want to do a fresh re-installation of XP on the Laptop but am not in a mood to throw away $150 again.
i am not able to install the sp3 for office 10
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Technical information:
*** STOP: 0x0000007E (0xc0000005,0xF78360BF,0xF7C82208,0xF781F08)
*** pci.sys - Address F78360BF base at F782F000, DateStamp 3b7d855c
Sequence of events: Win XP Home SP 0 problem began with spyware, which I removed [ using spybot 1.3, ad-aware SE, HiJackThis 1.99, CWShredder, About:buster I tried to update to SP1, from the Windows update site, as well as from a Win XP SP1 update disk, but received an error. In Event Viewer, Windows Update Agent, Event ID 20, so I renamed C:Windowssystem32catroot2 to c:windowssystem32old_catroot2, & retried the SP1 installation. Re-ran SP1 setup / installation, which results in this error: Service Pack 1 Setup Error The file c:program filescommon filessystemole dbmsdasql.dll is open or in use by another program.Start > run > javascript:navigator.appMinorVersion results: Q823353;Q832894;Q867801
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View 1 Replies View RelatedI have an 80 gb drive currently running Win 98 SE but I want to install Win XP Pro. Do I need to reformat or can I simply install Win XP Pro over the existing OS?
If I reformat (which I think you're going to say is the preferred route) do I need a Win XP boot disk?
Does anyone know how to make an XP installation CD. I don't have one but I heard there is a way to make one, though i'm not sure.
View 14 Replies View RelatedLast night the computer worked fine but this morning the only way to start my wifes computer was to insert the Win XP disk. chkdsk /r did not fix the problem so I reinstalled Win XP over the old installation. The computer now starts. The problem is although the C drive shows all the old programs and folders are still there they do not show up when I click start, programs. When I go into add-remove in the control panel, it is empty. How can I move the programs showing on the C drive into the new program folder?
View 4 Replies View RelatedMy XP Home system was installed right after XP came out and has, I'm sure, accumulated a lot of drivers and other files and stuff which are no longer needed. And I'm almost certain the Registry has a lot of
useless stuff in it as well so I want to do a clean install of XP and Programs and start over. Yet, I want to keep my present XP on C: until I get the new, clean install customized and all my programs up and running with the clean install XP and programs are on CPrimary of course) and DLogical) contains my data files. I have created, using Partition Magic, another Primary partition on Disk 0 the same size as C: with no drive letter assigned
I've been trying to update from xp sp1 to xp sp2.it hangs up during instal with an error that tells me thatc:WINDOWSAppPatchdrv.main.sdbis still running.Has anyone seen this before and if so how do I get past this error.Also, I am wondering how much do I really need this update or am I fine without it.I am told by Microsoft that my version of xp is now out of date.Should I be worried? Other than this everything is fine on this machine.
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