Re: Two concerns after XP reinstall
- From: WhiteTea <WhiteTea77581@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 11:23:16 -0800 (PST)
On Jan 18, 12:10 pm, "EMK" <noneofyourbusin...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I've got an old PC that's gotten slow and mildly buggy over the years, so
after getting a new laptop I decided to start over with a clean slate and
reinstall the OS. I used the Reinstallation CD (XP Home Edition with SP2)
that came with the system (from Dell, if that matters). I found that the PC
had a small FAT32 partition and a large NTFS partition. I deleted both of
these and started over with a single new partition (I didn't get a choice
here, so I assume it was a NTFS partition). [One odd thing was that the max
size of the partition was 8MB shy of the total disk size, so now I have 8MB
that are unpartitioned.]
Anyhow, things were going fine; I got my video driver installed and was
doing a disk cleanup in safe mode prior to running Windows Update. When I
rebooted normally I noticed the first thing that concerned me:
1. I now have two OS to choose from when I boot up! I get a message saying
"PLEASE SELECT THE OPERATING SYSTEM TO START:
MICROSOFT WINDOWS XP HOME EDEITION
MICROSOFT WINDOWS XP HOME EDEITION"
Now, the first/default selection booted me up normally, but every time I
reboot the PC it'll take that extra 20 or 30 seconds stuck on that screen
for no good reason. Why would that be there? (The boot disk is no longer
in my CD drive, which was my first thought.) How would I get rid of that?
Then when I went to run Windows Update for the first time I made the
(perhaps foolish) choice to use the Microsoft Update link on the page. That
when I started to get this error:
2. When running Microsoft Update, while "Checking for available updates..."
I would get a WIN32 error message. It wasn't consistant and shows up at
different times in the process (for instance, this time it pulled up the
list of available updates, which is a first). Any ideas what this is and
what I might have done wrong to get it? I'm guessing I'll have to
re-install XP again, but I just don't want to make the same mistake twice!
I had not decided whether to post this, but your problem encouraged
me.
Good luck and continue sticking with it. :-)
Andy
I found some things that help when you run into things like corrupt
files
and behavior like System Restore won't start.
This info is based only one person using the computer !!
** At this point you have decided you want a CLEAN install with no
chance that anything in the past
** can be reconstructed.
1. If you haven't been doing, backup to a non-hard drive source.(Even
if you have 2 drives)
(Things that help in your restoration include bookmark files,
windows address books,
batch files, etc that you have backed up)
2. If you get messages that your install disk can't copy some files,
suspect the drive first.
3. Try it with a second CD/DVD player/recorder. If your primary CD
burner is suspect, disconnect
and use another.
(You'll have to change the boot order in your BIOS)
SEE ** above before doing this !!
With admin rights, delete all profiles, files in windows and system
directory.
Reinstall XP using a known good CD player/recorder and decline any
prompts to fix or repair.
I use a second drive(FAT 32) just for backup.
Outta here.
.
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