Re: I think I really screwed myself here...
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Humble Zephyr wrote:
I let a friend (now ex-friend) of mine use my laptop--I'm such a moron!--and
for whatever reason he started screwing around with it while I was in the
bathroom. By the time I got back into the room he had deleted the default
administrator and taken admin priveledges away from my single user account on
the computer. I have tried several times to reformat, but to no avail, as I
had already lost the drivers for my NIC, optical drive, AND 1394 previous to
his messing with it (all I can use is my wireless card, miraculously enough).
I usually don't let anyone touch it, but as it was in severe need of a
reformat at the time with the severe loss of drivers, I figured what the
heck. This was a very unwise choice on my part, and it certainly won't be a
option to anyone ever again, but to date I have found absolutely no way of
reformatting.
I asked Google (for you) 'how to reinstall XP' ...
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
That was just the first hit.
John
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