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Jan 31, 2005

i'd like to format my machine running xp pro and do a fresh install do clear all the clutter can you tell me how to go about this and of anything i need to look out for

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Perfectly Good Running 2000Pro Machine

Jun 19, 2008

I did a search and only found one thread and that didn't sound too promising.I am wanting to add XP Home to my perfectly good running 2000Pro machine. There seems to be a lot of apps that won't run on 2000. I want to put XP on a separate internal hard drive. Trying Windows tells me 2000 is not a supported Operating System to upgrade to XP. I knew XP was a downgrade but I want it on a separate drive. It won't let me that way. So, I tried to boot from the XP CD and it thinks about it for a while and then loads 2000 without getting into the XP install screen. Any ideas on how to get this done without screwing up my 2000? Or maybe there's a program that will trick applications into running on 2000?

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Just from running netstat -n in a DOS box, I get the following:

TCP 192.168.1.3:1457 64.94.180.109:80 ESTABLISHED
TCP 192.168.1.3:1460 64.94.180.109:80 ESTABLISHED
TCP 192.168.1.3:1748 64.94.180.109:80 ESTABLISHED
TCP 192.168.1.3:2046 64.94.180.109:80 ESTABLISHED
TCP 192.168.1.3:2049 64.94.180.109:80 ESTABLISHED

Other then rebooting my machine, is there a free program that will remove these connections?....

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Nov 20, 2009

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Jan 24, 2009

I want to format a laptop, but I need the Operating system, I am not sure If I have everything I need to get the Operating system back, is there any way I can purge everything from the PC but leave it ready to go again?

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Oct 28, 2007

i'm having trouble formating my computer i pop in my boot window xp pro sp2 cd and run it and half way through... it pops up a window saying the file corrupted and it ask me to restart the computer and i tried installing windows through desktop + putting in the cd still doesn't work.my computer running SATA Harddrive was wondering if theres any other method i can do to format my OS hard drive.also anyone ever encounter a problem where they idle there computer for couple hours and it freeze ?

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Dec 30, 2005

My Problem: My modem can not be detected. I was attempting to load AOL 9.0 optimized on my laptop and it could not detect my modem. I tried using Windows' Modem and Internet Connection and could not Detect my modem. I installed the recommended driver from IBM and Lenovo from the MDCB3C2k, thinking my modem is a 3COM modem(I have no idea what kinda modem I have. Either 3COM or Xicro, I don't know how to tell), I installed the driver and it did nothing my modem is still undetected.note: I have used Belarc Advisor, and could not get a result for my Modem Model under Communication Devices.

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Jul 20, 2008

My question is simple, is there a way to pick some of the files on the computer (40GB of them) and somehow back them up on the hard drive, and the format everything else.I'm using Win XP. If it helps I also have Nero 8 with Back it up but I'm not sure if that's the answer.

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Dec 10, 2007

I have Compaq laptop which has 512 meg ram shared so technically i get 300 meg. it came with windows xp home edition. also it has 100+ programs that compaq decided to load it making it even slow.It also have backup harddrive partition and i created backup dvd's. the problem is if i reformat it using those then all the bloatware will be installed again. which i dont want.I have also got a copy of windows xp. what id like to do is format the computer using a plain windows xp cd. my question are these: would the product key on the back of the laptop work with the xp cd that i have.AND how do i backup the drivers that i would need from the laptop?

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Apr 2, 2006

I am having trouble installing windows xp pro for a new computer. I have two WD Caviar SE16 250 GB HDD set up in a RAID 0 array. I set up the BIOS and installed the drivers and everything seemed normal. I partitioned all the disc space as one partition and chose to format using NTFS. But when formatting begins, it takes about 15 minutes to format the first 40% but it has been almost two days now and has only formatted 65%. Is this normal? I tried restarting my computer and redoing the whole process and the same thing happens.

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Aug 22, 2006

my product activation key doesnt work for my windows so i have no way to log on to windows, so im just going to format the harddrive, but im having truouble with getting to MSDOS to format it. and when i go it says i cant because im running programs on the hard drive,

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Sep 25, 2005

I have a secendary harddrive I wish to reformat. It has four petitions. I tried to format it through windows xp but it wont let me, what do I do?

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Mar 27, 2006

I am running Windows XP Professional and have been having problems for several weeks now. I got the dreaded blue screen... was on the phone with Microsoft tecs for 3 hrs one day and then 5 hrs another and they thought that they had it taken care of. They didn't do a total replace, just a repair so that I could backup some information I hadn't backed up yet. I was able to run windows XP Professional again but the tec told me that I needed to do all the updates. As soon as I updated to SP2 I got the blue screen again.
I did a repair with my cd and was able to get Windows XP Professional back up. As soon as I installed the updates and updated to SP2 and restarted I got the blue screen again.
I decided to format and reinstall instead of repair. I followed the instructions and it is now stuck on the screen where it says setup is formatting... 0%. What should I do next?

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May 7, 2008

After lots of installs, uninstalls, and other acquired crap after quite a few years of use, I'm planning on reformatting my computer (specs are in profile).I have a few simple questions which I hope you can answer. First, I have a single hard-drive that is split in two partitions: C: and D:. The D: has always been locked down as a "recovery" drive. Can I just reformat my computer from the D:?If not, a few years ago, I made a set of recovery disks using the recovery creator. I am unsure on this, but when I made the recovery disks, will it restore my computer to the point when I created them (hope not), or will it completely reformat everything (what I'm hoping for).I plan on doing a "destructive," clean install in order to completely reformat my computer to stock specifications.Lastly, can I upgrade straight from SP1 to SP3? Or do you recommend that I use something like Project Dakota (or RyanVM) to bring me up to spiff with SP2, then make the final jump to SP3?

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The harddrive is partitioned into an C: and D: configuration. However, when I try to access the D: drive, a message tells me the drive is not formatted. IT then tells me formatting will erase all data on the drive. My question is this; if I format D:, will I lose the Data already on the C: portion of the drive? I am trying to figure out if I need to backup everything on my C: drive before I format.

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Feb 5, 2005

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