|
Re-Installing XP
|
|
|
theillusi
Junior Member
|
12. February 2009 @ 05:39 |
Link to this message
|
|
Hey
I've done it before and i cant really figure out why this is happening, but when i try to reinstall xp to give my laptop a complete do over, it gets to the point where its intalling and when it gets to some (32?) stuff and explorer related things it pops up saying it can install them (once comes up with around 30 similar messages with differnt files straight after that)
any ideas?
cheers
|
|
Advertisement
|
 |
|
|
Senior Member
|
12. February 2009 @ 09:04 |
Link to this message
|
|
Just exactly what error messages are you getting, did you completely reformat your hard drive and start from scratch? Is this the laptop maker's reinstall disk or a Microsoft XP install disk? Any additional info will help.
|
|
theillusi
Junior Member
|
12. February 2009 @ 11:09 |
Link to this message
|
|
just the typical "cannot install file (name of file) ok, retry, cancel" type thing
and its the disk that came with the laptop
the weird thing is, after this all happens, when its done the laptop acts as though i never did anything and all my orginal files and everything are as they were before I tried re-installing XP
|
|
theillusi
Junior Member
|
12. February 2009 @ 11:14 |
Link to this message
|
sorry, this forum seems to lack a post editing option, further info is it is a Dell inspiron 1501 laptop, currently on SP3 but the disk is SP2
|
Senior Member
|
12. February 2009 @ 11:34 |
Link to this message
|
Since you have SP3 installed, your Windows SP2 disk will not overwrite any newer version files, hence your error. Back up all of your data, music pictures documents etc, then format your hard drive and resinstall windows on a clean hard drive. This will work wonders for you.
http://lifehacker.com/software/windows/g...atch-157578.php
When done reformatting, copy all of the drivers and other goodies that you downloaded and reinstalled onto a CD or DVD disk and label it "Doomsday Disk - February 2009" and store it in a safe place so that the next time you reinstall windows all of your programs and drivers are in one place. If you upgrade or change a ton of stuff, make yourself another disk and replace the older one with a newer version, hope this helps.
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 12. February 2009 @ 11:38
|
Senior Member
|
12. February 2009 @ 11:43 |
Link to this message
|
|
Oh man good thread, I have been looking for a thread like this.
|
|
ddp
Moderator
|
12. February 2009 @ 12:37 |
Link to this message
|
|
theillusi, do as blivetNC suggests.
|
|
theillusi
Junior Member
|
12. February 2009 @ 14:06 |
Link to this message
|
awesome, its basically telling me what i've always been scared of trying out XD
(I never had clear instructions)
well if i somehow screw it up you'll know
so its definately because its upgraded? not because there could be sothething up with the CD, i mean i dont wanna format this and then realise I cant actually do it
also this will get rid of any virus's right? (I have a zafi.b worm whih is proving harder to get rid of than i can explain, I have sought advice for it but nothing has been helpful)
lastly, the COPY ERRORS as i now know they were now were mostly in the start (bar? i know what the start bar is, I cant remeber if it had its own intalling section thats all, it was something to do with start) section with about 19 mins left on "installation" and thanks, you obviously guessed it was just repairing (its all i knew how to do)
Thanks so much!
|
|
theillusi
Junior Member
|
12. February 2009 @ 14:09 |
Link to this message
|
|
^in above post i put "trying out XD" because of the link that came with it for some reason it makes it look like i was scared of trying out the related definition, in fact it was just a simple emoticon thing^
also how come I cant find an edit post thing here? is there actually none or am i blinder than i thought? lol
*Edit* noticed it ater double posting, sorry
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 12. February 2009 @ 14:11
|
|
varnull
Suspended permanently
|
12. February 2009 @ 14:49 |
Link to this message
|
|
you found it
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 12. February 2009 @ 14:50
|
|
theillusi
Junior Member
|
12. February 2009 @ 16:59 |
Link to this message
|
now talking to you from my freshly reinstalled computer ^^
one issue tho, before hand it was a bit sluggish and is still even though it wasnt before a few months ago, i mean seriously like, i type and i finish typing before the computer does
whats going on there
its xp SP2 now with practiaclly no programs on it with a gig of ram and an AMP semphon processer Dell inspiron 1501
to get rid of the sluggishness was the main reason i wanted to do this, slightly disappointing ya know?
|
Senior Member
|
12. February 2009 @ 17:36 |
Link to this message
|
|
|
|
theillusi
Junior Member
|
12. February 2009 @ 18:36 |
Link to this message
|
just system and task manger are using any CPU other than the idle thing
basically nothing seem out of the ordinary
And yer, AVG the free one
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 12. February 2009 @ 18:39
|
Senior Member
|
12. February 2009 @ 18:45 |
Link to this message
|
Avast is less of a resource hog than AVG
www.avast.com
|
|
Advertisement
|
|
|
|
theillusi
Junior Member
|
12. February 2009 @ 18:53 |
Link to this message
|
i dont get that though because it was never like that with avg before, just after a system restore kinda buggered up a few months back:S
|
