Reformatting

[.TuG.Bran]

I need help on Reformatting for Xp.

 

 

I don't Really know how to do this, so if someone could tell me how or give me a site that tells me how i would appreciate it!

 

Thnx

[.TuG.Beaver]

If you have a windows XP CD, then it is a bootable CD - just make sure you go into your bios and set the 1st Boot Device to CD rather than Hard-Drive.

 

Place the windows XP cd in the drive & re-boot.

 

Follow, the prompt when it says hit a key to boot from CD and the machine will then boot from the XP CD and go into it;s install routine.

 

You can then either do a repair or format the disc and do a fresh install.

 

I would however make sure you acked up all your emails & things 1st as these will be lost.

 

The other option is to do a repair on XP 1st and see if that works.

[.TuG.Bran]

Where are the bios at?

 

Im clueless at reformatting

[.TuG.Bran]

O yea and another thing....

 

I have a years subscribtion of Norton..

 

And the last time i reformatted i got the 3 month trial and had to pay for a new one

 

Is there a way where i can keep the years subscribtion without paying again?

[.TuG.Beaver]

Well, the bios is usually accessed by hitting the 'del' or 'f1' key when the pc is 1st fired up - that's all the stuff you normally see on screen telling you what drives & how much memory etc before the windows XP logo actually arrives.

 

As for the Norton - not sure what you need to do for that - I guess they sent you a code or something to put into in when you bought it - that is ur subscription i think.

[.TuG.Bran]

Thanks Beav!!!!

 

 

IM ALL FIXED!!! just gotta reinstall everythin =/

 

 

Hoped to be playing with you guys in full blast

[^Tinman^]

I thought you wanted to re-format your hard drive. Did you also delete the primary partition or c drive and re format, then install a fresh copy of windows?

 

It might also be a good idea to have more than one hard drive to back up stuff that you want. I just unhook that drive and reformat when windows gives me a left hook.

[Tantalus]

Originally posted by TUGr_^Tinman^@Jun 7 2004, 11:10 PM

...It might also be a good idea to have more than one hard drive to back up stuff that you want....

or a separate partition.. I have a ghost image (produced by Nortons Ghost) of my system after a clean install, with all updates & office installed - So if my system partition goes belly up I use my 'Ghost Boot disk' to get back to a reasonable starting stage.. (with 280GB of storage I have plenty of room for maneouvre!)