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Hello,
Does anyone know how to get rid of everything on your computer and start
from scratch. I bought my computer second hand and it had a non-genuine
windows xp on it. I have a genuine one now and want to install this. I tried
just installing it but it just added another member profile and kept all the
old info. Any help with this would be very much appreciated.

 

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Hi,

Boot the system from the CD, start setup and agree to the license (hit F8).
At the point where you choose the installation location, instead delete the
existing system partition. Then create a new from the free space that has
been created. Then use the quick format in NTFS and proceed with the
installation. Make sure you have your Product Key handy, you will need it.

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Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
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Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
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Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Gary Stanley" <GaryStanley@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BCAFCD18-7169-43AF-86EC-DED1610BF31E@microsoft.com...
> Hello,
> Does anyone know how to get rid of everything on your computer and start
> from scratch. I bought my computer second hand and it had a non-genuine
> windows xp on it. I have a genuine one now and want to install this. I
> tried
> just installing it but it just added another member profile and kept all
> the
> old info. Any help with this would be very much appreciated.

 

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Gary Stanley wrote:
> Hello,
> Does anyone know how to get rid of everything on your computer and
> start from scratch. I bought my computer second hand and it had a
> non-genuine windows xp on it. I have a genuine one now and want to
> install this. I tried just installing it but it just added another
> member profile and kept all the old info. Any help with this would be
> very much appreciated.

http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

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You have to boot up the computer from a Windows XP CD. Choose to install the
O/S. The O/S will search for a previous O/S, and will likely find one.
Choose to install new, not upgrade/repair. You will then be brought to a
screen where you can choose the partition to install Windows XP on. Choose
the partition and also choose to "format" the partition. This will get rid
of the old operating system.

If you do not have the "full install" version of XP, but have the upgrade
version instead, you will be asked to insert the qualifying product CD to
prove that you can do an upgrade - clean install. If you do, put your Win98
CD (or whatever) in the drive. When told to take it back out and replace it
with the WinXP CD to continue.

Good luck!

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Richard Urban

If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!


"Gary Stanley" <GaryStanley@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BCAFCD18-7169-43AF-86EC-DED1610BF31E@microsoft.com...
> Hello,
> Does anyone know how to get rid of everything on your computer and start
> from scratch. I bought my computer second hand and it had a non-genuine
> windows xp on it. I have a genuine one now and want to install this. I
> tried
> just installing it but it just added another member profile and kept all
> the
> old info. Any help with this would be very much appreciated.

 

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In news:BCAFCD18-7169-43AF-86EC-DED1610BF31E@microsoft.com,
Gary Stanley <GaryStanley@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:

> Does anyone know how to get rid of everything on your computer
> and
> start from scratch. I bought my computer second hand and it had
> a
> non-genuine windows xp on it. I have a genuine one now and want
> to
> install this. I tried just installing it but it just added
> another
> member profile and kept all the old info. Any help with this
> would be
> very much appreciated.


I am usually against doing this, but the one major exception I
make is when you've bought a used computer, whether or not its
Windows is genuine or not. You have no idea how the computer has
been maintained, what has been installed incorrectly, what is
missing, what viruses and spyware there may be, etc. I wouldn't
want to live with somebody else's mistakes and problems,
possibility of kiddie porn, etc., and I wouldn't recommend that
anyone else do either.

Just boot from the Windows XP CD (change the BIOS boot order if
necessary to accomplish this) and follow the prompts for a clean
installation (delete the existing partition by pressing "D" when
prompted, then create a new one).

You can find detailed instructions here:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

or here http://windowsxp.mvps.org/XPClean.htm

or here http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm


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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup

 

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'Performing a Clean Install of Windows XP'
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/expert/honeycutt_02october07.mspx

'Clean Install of Windows XP'
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm

regards,
ssg MS-MVP

Gary Stanley wrote:
> Hello,
> Does anyone know how to get rid of everything on your computer and start
> from scratch. I bought my computer second hand and it had a non-genuine
> windows xp on it. I have a genuine one now and want to install this. I tried
> just installing it but it just added another member profile and kept all the
> old info. Any help with this would be very much appreciated.

 

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Ken Blake wrote:
>
> I am usually against doing this, but the one major exception I
> make is when you've bought a used computer, whether or not its
> Windows is genuine or not. You have no idea how the computer has
> been maintained, what has been installed incorrectly, what is
> missing, what viruses and spyware there may be, etc. I wouldn't
> want to live with somebody else's mistakes and problems,
> possibility of kiddie porn, etc., and I wouldn't recommend that
> anyone else do either.

Too bad one cant do that with used cars