I have no setup CD or i directory. I want to make a boot CD. Can I use i from another source? I have an slip-streamed xp which basically needs to me to boot from that resource. However, the slipstream xp in on the hard disk.
Any Possible ways for me to access it from boot directly? Thank you v much. Hey leo i have a windows xp pro and i have found it on the side of the street and it boots runs and everthing but i want to reinstall it but i dont have the disk and also the drives dnt work can u help me out.
I replaced the PSU, then I was able to boot the computer. I will like to do Recovery. The Recovery option F10 during booting process is not responding though I see the recovery partition present. If I call microsoft and give the product key will they send me win xp cd? Or is there any other means to access recovery partition? Hey there! I was wondering if you had any thoughts… My Sony desktop was running an antivirus software program when XP Media Edition decided to automagically reboot.
When the desktop came back around, I tried to log in. Is there a way for me to reinstall XP — Media Edition on the computer without losing all of my information and applications? I hit reboot not knowing what it ment and am still not sure. What I should do. I can boot to XP, but the computer logs off shortly after the Personal Settings are loaded. There is a recovery partition on the computer, but I presume that this would only permit a clean install of Windows.
But when I tried to log in by using my keyboard, I can log in… What can I do? I deleted the files so my computer wont start and I dont have the xp disc it says corrupt or missing file.
Or have virus not yet figured out how to corrupt win32nt. Just wondering, thanks…. My Pc has this virus file, it reboots nomally, bu makes this laggy sound. I ntried using some virus delete program which gave no use. I downloaded the Installation Cd, but when i press enter it says that thre is no liscene agreement and then it reboots.
I need to reinstall no Cd ok now I want to know can I take everything off and buy another Xp or 7 How would I do this? Hi Leo, have a dell …losn story short has viruses and other problems…want to reinstall windows xp…found in xp setup folder…ran winnt32 in prompt and it wont continue with windows install because the version on pc is newer…blah blah…you know of a workaround?
HI Leo, pls help me.. I used the method shown here for completely reinstalling windows but once it had all finished and loaded, my computer was still exactly the same. All my files and stuff are still there. What went wrong? Do I now have a second windows installed somewhere? I had Windows XP on my system that was built for me by a friend, and it was format inadvertently with windows Help me the anti virus deleted my desktop my computer is slow.
Please someone help me i need to start over since his setup is already screwed over. There never was such a disc… where would I find those files? I open the winnt Please press Ctrl Alt Del restart. Ok, I am extremely computer and spelling illiterate so sorry. I was recently trying to install windows pro updates, do not remember which ones but there were After the updates started I noticed I had forgot and left a mmo game running.
I shut the game down. Within 10 minutes the first 3 updates failed so I tried to cancel the update process. Which resulted in the program not responding message. I manually shut my system down and went for a smoke. When I came back and started comp up it goes from a screen with my comp info and the hit f8 page to a smaller hit page.
It is impossible to install windows without a windows installation package whether the package be on a disc or other bootable device unless, of course, your computer has a recovery option. Personally, however, I do not perceive your issue to be so detrimental as to require a re-install.
This is especially true since you are able to use the computer at times. The next time you get the error, write down the error code and post back. In the mean time, download, update and choose a full scan with Malwarebytes and Superantispyware. This very well could resolve the issue. Even if it doesn't atleast you computer will be infection free. Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. It is not possible to reinstall Windows without the proper media.
On the other hand, if you post a question with an exact error message, someone may be able to help you. With OEM computers, like your Gateway, the manufacturer is responsible for replacing lost media. See How to replace Microsoft software or hardware. Depending on how old your "old Gateway" is, you may or may not be able to obtain a replacement.
You are more than welcome. I am too curious now as to the results of these scans. This is not a standard reinstallation, it's a recovery to the "as shipped" software configuration. Post Reply. Top Contributor. Dell Support Resources. Latest Solutions. Can't find what you're looking for? So I no long can tell which is the old and which is the new on some of the disks.
I'll list all the disks I have and their contents. The above 12 disks are what I have for the reinstallation and some are either duplicates or updates. I do not want to install the McAfee antivirus and I am not sure whether it will be automatically installed or whether it is an option. I would like to reinstall MSE. I may need to install the McAfe and then uninstall. If i have to install Mcafee then the add remove programs failed to uninstall all of the antivirus software and I will then need to run the special removal tool again.
Is this something I can download now onto the external hard drive and use when needed or must I have a downloaded browser and an internet connection to get and properly use this antivirus software removal tool. Bear indicated that with the combined issues that i am having that I have malware. This is in spite of the numerous malware scans whether norton, trend micro, hijackthis, kapersky etc.
There was a period of time in which i did not actively update the antivirus definitions and this convinced him that this must be a malware problem. So it seems sensible to replace the operating system and just make sure all the bases are covered. At the same time I would like to understand if there is a way to determine if corrupted files are the problems and if there is no detected malware by numerous scans whether corrupted files can be fixed.
That is does windows xp give you the option to run a repair with either the reinstallation disk or a brand new installation disk? If you have no detected malware and then perform a repair and the system appears to work normally again is the problem that the malware still has altered the registry and this is missed by the repair tool? So it is essentially an incomplete repair?
Is that the reason for always doing a complete reinstall or is it something else? Based on what I know as of this moment I would make these steps and i bet there are lots of errors. But here goes anyway. Please correct me anywhere I get the steps out of order, make a mistake or miss a step.
Currently I am backing up my documents and desktop but I will need to learn how to backup files of contacts within microsoft outlook, aol etc. This has already been done with MS and malwarebytes. These are potentially malware contaminated files but since they are not the operating system files and since they passed the malware scans they are safe to reinstall?
Will one of the windows updates convert xp sp2 into xp sp3? Will there be numerous reboots with numerous updates. This is likely to take one or more hours? When I was having the problems I checked the hardware on my computer by booting and pressing the f12 key.
This opened dell diagnostics and all of the hardware passed. It skipped one step and that was flashing the bios. 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.
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