Reinstalling Windoes

[Guest]

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Hi

Its that time again when I need to format my pc and reinstall xp. I have
downladed enough rubbish that its slowed right down plus i cant install (or
uninstall) AVG anti virus.

My pc came loaded with XP home when I bought it, and I have formatted and
reinstalled once since then. Will I be able to do this again and activate
again without any problems?

Any tips are much appreciatwed.
Thanks
John

 

[Guest]

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Oops. it would be better if i could spell Windows....

"brisbegas_john" wrote:

> Hi
>
> Its that time again when I need to format my pc and reinstall xp. I have
> downladed enough rubbish that its slowed right down plus i cant install (or
> uninstall) AVG anti virus.
>
> My pc came loaded with XP home when I bought it, and I have formatted and
> reinstalled once since then. Will I be able to do this again and activate
> again without any problems?
>
> Any tips are much appreciatwed.
> Thanks
> John

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?)

Hi John

Yes, you can reinstall Windows via a 'clean' install and still re-activate.
What kind of XP CD do you have?

--

Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
Please reply to the News Groups


"brisbegas_john" <brisbegas_john@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F14D5FB3-7DE1-4697-97A4-6FFFB205CF77@microsoft.com...
> Hi
>
> Its that time again when I need to format my pc and reinstall xp. I have
> downladed enough rubbish that its slowed right down plus i cant install
> (or
> uninstall) AVG anti virus.
>
> My pc came loaded with XP home when I bought it, and I have formatted and
> reinstalled once since then. Will I be able to do this again and activate
> again without any problems?
>
> Any tips are much appreciatwed.
> Thanks
> John
>

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?)

You should have no problem reactivating your pc once you have completed a
fresh install.

--
John Barnett MVP
Associate Expert
http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org


"brisbegas_john" <brisbegas_john@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F14D5FB3-7DE1-4697-97A4-6FFFB205CF77@microsoft.com...
> Hi
>
> Its that time again when I need to format my pc and reinstall xp. I have
> downladed enough rubbish that its slowed right down plus i cant install
> (or
> uninstall) AVG anti virus.
>
> My pc came loaded with XP home when I bought it, and I have formatted and
> reinstalled once since then. Will I be able to do this again and activate
> again without any problems?
>
> Any tips are much appreciatwed.
> Thanks
> John

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?)

Hi,


Does your PC come with XP installation CD? or is it like restore CD?

Maybe, you can try repairing the XP instead of doing a new installation cos
sometimes it does the trick and
make the OS faster as it will overwrite all the system and important files.

--
Kelvin Lin


"brisbegas_john" <brisbegas_john@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F14D5FB3-7DE1-4697-97A4-6FFFB205CF77@microsoft.com...
> Hi
>
> Its that time again when I need to format my pc and reinstall xp. I have
> downladed enough rubbish that its slowed right down plus i cant install
> (or
> uninstall) AVG anti virus.
>
> My pc came loaded with XP home when I bought it, and I have formatted and
> reinstalled once since then. Will I be able to do this again and activate
> again without any problems?
>
> Any tips are much appreciatwed.
> Thanks
> John

 

[john]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?)

Thanks. I'm going to try and do a fresh install this weekend. I know it wont
be a fun job to do haha. guess i can kiss most of saturday goodbye, but I
hope it will work.

Thanks for your help.
John

"John Barnett MVP" wrote:

> You should have no problem reactivating your pc once you have completed a
> fresh install.
>
> --
> John Barnett MVP
> Associate Expert
> http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org
>
>
> "brisbegas_john" <brisbegas_john@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F14D5FB3-7DE1-4697-97A4-6FFFB205CF77@microsoft.com...
> > Hi
> >
> > Its that time again when I need to format my pc and reinstall xp. I have
> > downladed enough rubbish that its slowed right down plus i cant install
> > (or
> > uninstall) AVG anti virus.
> >
> > My pc came loaded with XP home when I bought it, and I have formatted and
> > reinstalled once since then. Will I be able to do this again and activate
> > again without any problems?
> >
> > Any tips are much appreciatwed.
> > Thanks
> > John
>
>
>

 

[john]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?)

Hi Thanks for your reply. sorry Ive been away so didnt check this forum for a
few days. I have i think its an oem cd. says for distributiuon with a new pc
only, includes service pack 1a. then separately i have service pack 2 on a cd
that came with a pc magazine.

so I guess I will try and do a clean install this weekend. i got a pretty ok
checklist on what to do from here:
http://www.rayshaw.com.au/article.aspx?ArticleKey=411

right now my pc has an 80gb c: drive and 40gb d: drive. windows is on and it
boots off c: At the same time as i reinstall im going to replace the 40gb
with a 160gb. Hopefully that wont cause any problems.


wish me luck

"Will Denny" wrote:

> Hi John
>
> Yes, you can reinstall Windows via a 'clean' install and still re-activate.
> What kind of XP CD do you have?
>
> --
>
> Will Denny
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
> Please reply to the News Groups
>
>
> "brisbegas_john" <brisbegas_john@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F14D5FB3-7DE1-4697-97A4-6FFFB205CF77@microsoft.com...
> > Hi
> >
> > Its that time again when I need to format my pc and reinstall xp. I have
> > downladed enough rubbish that its slowed right down plus i cant install
> > (or
> > uninstall) AVG anti virus.
> >
> > My pc came loaded with XP home when I bought it, and I have formatted and
> > reinstalled once since then. Will I be able to do this again and activate
> > again without any problems?
> >
> > Any tips are much appreciatwed.
> > Thanks
> > John
> >
>
>
>
>

 

[john]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?)

Hi Kelvin

thanks for your reply. to reinstall it i assume i will have to do all the
steps like reinstalling sp2 and then downloading and installing all the
updates. it would be great if i could get away without having to reinstall
all the drivers though. somehow there always seems to be something that i
forget to back up. its a pretty stressful exercise really - even if this time
i think i better equipped than last

"Kelvin Lin" wrote:

> Hi,
>
>
> Does your PC come with XP installation CD? or is it like restore CD?
>
> Maybe, you can try repairing the XP instead of doing a new installation cos
> sometimes it does the trick and
> make the OS faster as it will overwrite all the system and important files.
>
> --
> Kelvin Lin
>
>
> "brisbegas_john" <brisbegas_john@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F14D5FB3-7DE1-4697-97A4-6FFFB205CF77@microsoft.com...
> > Hi
> >
> > Its that time again when I need to format my pc and reinstall xp. I have
> > downladed enough rubbish that its slowed right down plus i cant install
> > (or
> > uninstall) AVG anti virus.
> >
> > My pc came loaded with XP home when I bought it, and I have formatted and
> > reinstalled once since then. Will I be able to do this again and activate
> > again without any problems?
> >
> > Any tips are much appreciatwed.
> > Thanks
> > John
>
>
>