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Reinstalling Windows XP
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/ June 3, 2009 / 4:11 min.
Starting the Windows XP reinstall process
With a thorough backup in place, we undertake the first step in reinstalling Windows XP: booting from the Windows XP CD, selecting to do a clean install of Windows and selecting a filesystem to use when formatting the hard drive.
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- Ensure you have thorough Back-ups of important data.
- Reinstall disc and serial number in hand.
- Put the disc into your CD/DVD drive.
- Click Start, then Turn Off Computer.
- When the dialog comes up press Restart.
- Your computer will reboot and you should see a prompt that says "Press Any Key To Boot From CD..."
- If you don't see this prompt, and your computer boots back to Windows, be sure to view part 5 of this series on fixing boot order.
- Windows Setup will begin loading files to start the reinstall.
- You arrive to the Windows XP Professional Setup screen.
- You want to press Enter to setup Windows XP Now!
- You do not want to "repair."
- At the license agreement press F8 to continue.
- Setup now shows you that it detects the current install of Windows XP.
- Again, we do not want to repair so we'll press Esc to install a fresh copy of Windows XP.
- Setup now shows you partition information. You want to install into the same partition Windows is already in so press Enter.
- Setup warns you that an operating system is present, but we know that don't we? So, press C to continue.
- Now we see formatting options, which we'll cover in part 4 of this series.
- Reinstall disc and serial number in hand.
- Put the disc into your CD/DVD drive.
- Click Start, then Turn Off Computer.
- When the dialog comes up press Restart.
- Your computer will reboot and you should see a prompt that says "Press Any Key To Boot From CD..."
- If you don't see this prompt, and your computer boots back to Windows, be sure to view part 5 of this series on fixing boot order.
- Windows Setup will begin loading files to start the reinstall.
- You arrive to the Windows XP Professional Setup screen.
- You want to press Enter to setup Windows XP Now!
- You do not want to "repair."
- At the license agreement press F8 to continue.
- Setup now shows you that it detects the current install of Windows XP.
- Again, we do not want to repair so we'll press Esc to install a fresh copy of Windows XP.
- Setup now shows you partition information. You want to install into the same partition Windows is already in so press Enter.
- Setup warns you that an operating system is present, but we know that don't we? So, press C to continue.
- Now we see formatting options, which we'll cover in part 4 of this series.
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