Oh my GOD- a big bug in windows XP professional- plz read....

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02-09-2003, 02:59 PM
Girl_needs_help

Oh my GOD- a big bug in windows XP professional- plz read....

i had windows xp home editio so today i installed or updated windows to XP professional. i did a clean reinstallationn where the old directory gets deletes and windows XP professional is reinstalled from the scratch. so it installed alrit. when i swicthed my pc off and than back on after a little while, i was hit with a BLUE Screen of death message. it said some memory adress and said windows will not start.what can i do. HOW CAN I REINSTALL EITHER WINDOWS XP HOME EDITION OR PROFESSIONAL FROM THE SCRACTH. PLZ HELP. WHATS THE METHOD TO REINSTALL THE SYSTEM AGAIN...
THANX.:confused: :(
02-09-2003, 03:02 PM
schultz

restart the computer with the xp cd in the cdrom. the system will then boot from the cd and you can install/reinstall windows. hope this helps.
02-09-2003, 03:05 PM
Girl_needs_help

if i put the xp cd in d system and than reinstall, but wouldnt the system need to be set in bios, to boot from the cd first rather than the hard drive.
i mean do i need to make the cd rom drive the bottable drive form the bios or nefing like that...:confused:
02-09-2003, 03:06 PM
schultz

sorry...i forgot to say that (what was i thinking?...). yes...you need to change the settings in bios to make it boot from the cdrom first. once you do this, the computer should detect the xp cd and then you can just boot from the cd and do the install.
02-09-2003, 03:17 PM
Girl_needs_help

if there are ne more suggestions or precaution tha i need to be aware of than pl do let me know plz. thanx
02-09-2003, 03:20 PM
Ra\/eN

Looks over shultz words.. he is correct.. try it first... if not I will throw my 2 cents in

.....hmmmmmm go here

http://www.blkviper.com/Articles/OS/...allxphome1.htm

or here

http://www.windowsreinstall.com/inst...exfullpage.htm
02-09-2003, 03:22 PM
schultz

Quote:

Originally posted by Ra\/eN
Looks over shultz words.. he is correct.. try it first... if not I will throw my 2 cents in

Ra\/en...first of all...you misspelled my name...

second...glad you agree with me :) hehhee

Girl_needs_help...just go ahead and try it. if you run into anymore problems...we are always here to help! :) (but here's to hoping it works perfectly!! :D)
02-09-2003, 03:26 PM
Ra\/eN

Quote:

Originally posted by schultz

Ra\/en...first of all...you misspelled my name...

second...glad you agree with me :) hehhee

Girl_needs_help...just go ahead and try it. if you run into anymore problems...we are always here to help! :) (but here's to hoping it works perfectly!! :D)

hey... you try type proper after partying till 5 am...
;)
schultz schultz schultz schultz schultz schultz schultz schultz schultz schultz schultz schultz schultz schultz schultz schultz schultz schultz schultz schultz schultz schultz schultz schultz schultz schultz schultz schultz schultz ... ok I got it now email me a danged aspirin......
02-09-2003, 03:31 PM
GLScooby

If your cd won't boot, you'll need the Win XP Setup Boot Disks. Some older cdroms just won't boot to the cd.
02-09-2003, 04:46 PM
schultz

Quote:

Originally posted by Ra\/eN

hey... you try type proper after partying till 5 am...
;)
schultz schultz schultz schultz schultz schultz schultz schultz schultz schultz schultz schultz schultz schultz schultz schultz schultz schultz schultz schultz schultz schultz schultz schultz schultz schultz schultz schultz schultz ... ok I got it now email me a danged aspirin......

Ra\/en...check your PM.
02-09-2003, 05:29 PM
posthumous_GRIN

Did you PM him an aspirin? :confused:

:D
02-09-2003, 07:27 PM
Ra\/eN

Quote:

Originally posted by posthumous_GRIN
Did you PM him an aspirin? :confused:
:D

Yes he did btw needs_help did you find the solution you need..

(my monitor is smeared now.. I tried licking it to get at em...
02-09-2003, 11:52 PM
sna

Important tip:

Make seperate partition for the SYSTEM and leave it ALONE Install the programs and ur data to the other partition (be sure to move my documents to the other partition too (usually D) this way whenever a disaster happens u format the C: without any fear trust me on that it is very usfull for upgrading too a clean install is allways better and faster...

be sure that the winXP partiton to be at least 8GB and remember to leave it alone and install the programms on d: (simple just select custem install and replace the c:in the c:\programfiles\.... to d:\\program... just change the letter c to D (best automatic way and u wont accedently install it on C

and after that whenever the system is messed up just format and reinstall if u can use Norton Ghost for recovery disk it is also a cool thing to do

I hope this will help