Try To Do A Clean Sweep
Jan 9, 2008
when i try to do a clean sweep of windows i throw in my windows re-installation disk and wait for it to do hardware config. when it finally reaches the making of the partion.i follow as intructed...quick format.when it gets to 69% it says it couldn't copy dxdiagn.dll and the rest of the files...this happend on every windows pro disk i have and i don't know what the hell is going on i tried to use a different cd drive, but nope still does the samethig..
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Jan 9, 2007
I was wondering if theres any way I can sweep my computer after someone else has used it?, does anyone else here do this? , I'm not worried about the other user intentionally installing nasties on my computer, It's just that a lot of other users are very blase about what they download, what sites they visit and what emails they open. I'm thinking of doing a system restore, would this get rid of any nasties or am I just being paranoid?
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Sep 23, 2008
all I need to get my computer, as it was when i bought it it is windows xp.
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Mar 21, 2006
Could you take a peek at this log and let me know if it is clean?
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Aug 30, 2005
Am trying to clean out cookies, when done I get an index file that says there are 160kb in file that I cannot access.How do I access these to see what is there? It also says another program is usin this file and that I cannot access the file.
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Jul 16, 2005
I bought 2 SATA HDDs and would like to set them up as RAID and clean install XP and all the drivers/programs on them. I don't want to use those image drive programs to transfer the old drive to the new drive. My old HDD has XP on it (activated) and I would like to format it and use it for data storage later. Do I need to reactivate after I clean install XP on the new HDDs (same mobo and CPU)? I have NOT plugged the HDDs in my computer yet.
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Sep 6, 2007
I am going to try to do a clean install of XP. When i am ready to get my updates do i download all of them at once then reboot or do i have to get one at a time and reboot after each one?
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Jun 23, 2005
what drivers will I need? ..I have most of the stuff but some of the disks were for my winme OS I think. How do I find out what motherboard I have and what driver I need?if it all goes pear shaped will I be able to put my old master in and get back to square one?if it the Xp install goes fine can I put in my old master as slave and copy the needed files over to the new master? The old master is fat32, so would that be a problem?I only have the winme version of word but my dads laptop has word perfect for xp...could I use this?
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Oct 21, 2007
What would be the easiest way to do a clean re-install of Windows XP without the manufacturer's CD?
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Sep 10, 2005
Did Not Find The Reply To My Message Asking Which Blocks To Check To Do A Disk Clean Up Although I Know There Was A Reply.
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Nov 7, 2005
I have finnaly decided to enter the world of high speed internet (wait for appluse) and before I do this I want to optomize my computers preformence so I have Checked the hard drive for errors and defragmented it when I try to use the Disk Clean Up tool that comes with XP it asks what drive i want to check then I click the main drive and I get this error:"Disk Cleanup Manager for Windows has encounterd a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience"I looked it up and did not find any thing that lead me to belive that it was a common error Is there anyway that I can reinstall it or another way to run it? Also if anyone has any advice on speeding up my computer let me know.
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Jun 17, 2005
I have been preparing all week for a clean install of XP this weekend. The only question I still can not find an answer to is whether or not I can get the SP2 from windows update after I have reinstalled XP I purchased prior to SP2, in August 2003. I recall reading somewhere that it was not available after a certain date. I would like to confirm I can get all the neccessary updates from microsoft's website after I have reinstalled.
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Oct 10, 2009
Desk top cleaner appears to run by its self only after computer is left on for 4 plus hours inactive i have turned off desk top cleaner and verified it is off but still seems to do it randomly,if that is what is causing the following - all non ms icons are removed from desk top all email adresses are gone all ie explorer pages and favorites history ect. gone allpersonal documents are gone - I can find the links to my papers and pictures in my computer properties [then searching all the files] all but pictures when clicked say link is bad and do i want to delete Its like my computer is doing a fresh install of the whole system with out a reboot or such also desk top clean up folder is gone have tried many ways to find it tried system restore there is not a earler restore point but if two weeks laterthen there are some but none earlier thanthis last reinstall.
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Jul 19, 2005
I got this clean Recycle Bin any one know how to get rid of it.
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Feb 23, 2010
I am unable to reinstall my HP printer driver and accompanying software and after spending more than enough time trying to remedy the problem, I've decided to reload Windows XP either by a clean install or a reinstall per this thread. I hope to get some advice here.The details that led to the problem of being unable to install my printer drivers and my attempts to remedy the problem are very long and drawn out and may not be relevant to this post or my desired solution, so I will not go through them unless requested. Suffice it to say that I have spent a good 30 hours attempting to remedy the problem, with a good portion of that time spent with free HP Support. None of their "fixes" or any of my own attempts after lots of research have been successful.
I have installed XP several times on several different machines and thus, I'm very confident with a routine install. However, due to a special configuration on this computer, I need some advice.First: Will a reinstall per this thread potentially fix my printer problem? I know there may not be a definitive answer here, but I would just like to get some feedback.If more detail is needed on the problem, I will be happy to provide it.Second: Due to space restraints on my boot drive (18 GB SCSI drive), I moved the Documents and Settings folder to a large IDE storage drive (E:) on this machine. Will I be able to refer to the Documents and Settings folder during a clean install, so that all of the current settings will load? If not, is there a solution for getting the current settings loaded into the clean XP install?
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May 10, 2007
My 60Gb hard drive is seperated into 2 partitions:
C:/ 10Gb
D:/ 50Gb
And the C partition where windows is installed is almost full. The problem is, I try to put as little as possible to it, but it still eventually fills up. 200mb only left now.I'd like an advice on how should I clean it up, I'd delete anything that's unnecessary, but I'm not sure what those are.
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Jan 28, 2006
In reinstalling Windows XP, I did a full format to erase the old programs. While reinstalling the various programs, Sun Java, it posted a screen stating that a version of this program was present in Document and settings. I thought that the full format would clear this out.but evidently it didn't.
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Nov 20, 2007
I use Windows XP SP2,IE7,Norton Internet Security 2007,Intel (R) Pentium (R) M Processor 2.00 GHz 0,99 GB RAM. Could u please teel me which Registry Clean is more suitable for me?
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Dec 21, 2005
My computer is an 9 month old Dell Celeron with cable internet. Lately its slow as &%$#. The browsers. I have several. Fire Fox, Netscape and IE. And I've cleared out my cookies. I don't have any silly things installed like screen savers or whatever. I think a good system clean up would help but I'm fearfull of deleting something important. Some one told me someone here helped her clean up her system.
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Jan 3, 2006
I want to sell my system but I want to totally clean my hd. I've heard that fdisk is the best to get but when I built this machine I decided not to get a floppy drive. Anyone know of a way to wipe it clean without being able to recover filez?
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Mar 3, 2007
What is the best way to clean your register?
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Sep 16, 2004
My add/remove programs list still shows items uninstalled and is missing installed items such as IE 6 I have downloaded several "fixit tools" which fixed nothing and compounded the problem.
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Jun 12, 2005
I am trying to clean up some startup items and when i go to run msconfig the hour glass comes up for a second and then it goes away but nothing happens
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Jul 27, 2005
get winXP to format my sata drive at bootup, so I can clean install XP again I'm resorting to this measure 'cause XP seems to be hanging during bootup
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Oct 7, 2010
Took over a business computer running Windows XP Professional Version 2002. Trying to clean it up and install new things I needed, was prompted to install MS Service Pack 3. Did that, and ever since computer is SO SLOW and then screen often goes black, then comes back on. Is this related to SP 3 or is this something else??
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Aug 27, 2005
how can I clean my c drive so that I can do a complete clean install of xp pro. I do not need to save any of my files or programs. I would rather get rid of all the bugginess and start fresh.
xp pro is the current OS.
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Dec 10, 2005
I was told to run this program called Clean up and have delete cookies,all users on well just my bad luck wipe clean was checked now my pc looks a lot different and is crap
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Sep 4, 2007
Plan to do a clean re-install of my Toshiba Satellite P10 series , I have the disc's that came with the computer IE . Microsoft Works , and two Discs marked Product Recovery CD-ROM, is this everything i need to do a re-install and what order do i use the Disc's , as you may gather i haven't done this before.
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Mar 28, 2010
I had gotten some malware, and despite all my efforts(combofix etc.) I couldn't get rid of it, so I bit the bullet and wiped the partition and reinstalled windows XP professional clean. I have gotten malware before and done this no problem.Now after installing windows XP and installing some drivers, I noticed the computer would lag horribly, I checked task manager and it showed 100% CPU usage. I Checked the processes and it is always showing that "system" is the one doing this. Also windows XP is incredibly slow on boot up, and won't even shut down. Now, I'll state what I KNOW is not the problem.
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Nov 6, 2009
I am working with a small school as IT help (along with other hats). We recently replaced PC's in a computer lab with new IMACs. I now have these older PC's that came preinstalled with Windows XP Home on them. I was going to keep them around to use as back-ups in the classrooms or additions for tutoring,etc. My first question is, since they were used for about 2-3 years in a lab scenario, should I do a fresh install of Windows Xp or just try to clean them up the best I can. (They all are DELL running 797mhz and 512mb RAM.)
If a fresh install is the best option, I have another question.
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Mar 20, 2006
I am selling with the OS installed (Win XP-Pro), what can I do to ensure that there will be no information at all left on the machine. I used it for MSN, Internet banking, browsing all that stuff, and I'm a little nervous that there will be information accesable by the buyer. I would just do a wipe and reinstall, however, I do not have the OS disc anymore, So I want to clean it up as much as possible. People tell me that I have to get the registry cleaned out. What I am asking is for any tips to ensure a clean machine and registry.
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