Re: Computer Infected:

On Feb 16, 10:21 pm, "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABear...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The Local Settings folder and its contents will be replaced when you
reinstall Windows.

Contact Dell Support or post in the appropriate forum
(http://en.community.dell.com/forums/) for instructions on using the
Recovery CDs or hidden Recovery Partition to return the machine to OOBE (out
of box experience) state, Robert.

This may be what you need though:http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dim8200/solve.htm#1136934

NB: You do NOT want to do a Repair or Recovery install (Step 7).

If your keyboard, mouse and monitor came with the machine, you'll be
reinstalling the correct drivers for them, too.


I realize that this response is nearly 10 days old, however, it took
me that long to back up my files and bookmarks since I don't have a
dedicated external/internal HD for backups (something I seriously need
to look at in the near future). So I am now ready to address to problem
(s) I've been having. I changed the Bios to load from the CD, then
started to install a fresh version of XP but I got a warning saying
another program already exists and it wasn't recommended that I
install another and it didn't give an option to format the disk. My
Disk 0 shows this:

volume layout type file system status
capacity free space % free fault tolerance overhead
partition basic FAT healthy (EISA config)
125MB 124MB 99% no 0%
(C:) partition basic NTFS healthy(system)
148.93GB 106.77GB 71% no 0%

below this it says:

Disk 0 125MB FAT (C:) 148.93
GB NTFS
Healthy (EISA Configuration) Healthy
(System)

My question is this; should I go to the command prompt and do a format
C: and then try and install a fresh copy of XP?



Thanks,

Robert
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