Re: 2nd owner and 1st for XP...

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From: Bruce Chambers (bchambers_at_nospamcableone.net)
Date: 05/15/04


Date: Sat, 15 May 2004 09:50:19 -0600

Greetings --

    Simply boot from the WinXP installation CD. You'll be offered the
opportunity to delete, create, and format partitions as part of the
installation process. (You may need to re-arrange the order of boot
devices in the PC's BIOS to boot from the CD.)

HOW TO Install Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;316941

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

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

Bruce Chambers

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"LKBrown" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:D6C9F6CD-A445-414B-893D-E2D9CCE29487@microsoft.com...
> These questions will probably be a breeze(for anyone but yours 
> truly). I "inherited" the computer that my late uncle received just 
> this past Christmas. He passed in Feb. My previous PC had ME in it 
> and I had a set of 3 recovery discs that walked you through 
> reformatting and reloading with a couple of yes and no questions. 
> All I have with this one is one Windows XP Home Edition CD. The 
> reason I wanted to reformat was because of the tons of "everything" 
> he saved on here in a very short time. Being unfamiliar with XP i 
> don't know what is XP and what is my uncles half the time. He is 
> still the name that i have to log into when signing onto windows 
> also. Anyone know how I can get this back to its original state 
> before he registered it or how to  do it so i don't lock the whole 
> thing up before i even get to the disc?
>
> Thanks for any advice!
>
> Lisa 


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