Re: Computers 101 re-installing Windows XP Proffessional

Bret wrote:
Hello,

Have a working PC and having multiple issues and want to just start from scratch.

Can someone walk me threw how to re-install Windows XP on my pc.

I inserted the blue Gateway Operating System DVD into the pc and rebooted but get the message you have a newer version on pc then on DVD and aborts what I want to do.

Any ideas????

You're getting the message because 1) your Gateway installation media is pre-Service Pack 2 and your current install is post-Service Pack 2; and 2) you're trying to do a clean install from within your running Windows which won't work. Here are links to take you through a clean install. You can use your Gateway cd or slipstream SP2 into it.

http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html - Clean Install How-To
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Reinstalling_Windows - What you will need on-hand

How to slipstream sp2 into XP
http://www.simplyguides.net/guides/using_autostreamer/using_autostreamer.html - AutoStreamer
http://www.msfn.org/articles.php?action=show&showarticle=49
http://www.windows-help.net/windowsxp/winxp-sp2-bootcd.html
http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstreamed_xpsp2_cd.htm
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/slipstream.htm

Malke
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