Guest Realrebelus Posted July 5, 2007 Posted July 5, 2007 ok i was reformatting my hd necuase windows had a error or a bad file some where that wouldnt let it connect to the internet , so i went to reformat and i guess i wasnt paying attention and recopyed or copyed over the current version know the new verison the rosolution is missed up and wont activate so does anyone have a solution short of reformatting the hd and also i can find only windows folder but have the files form the old install and the new ones in to different users folders
Guest GreenieLeBrun Posted July 5, 2007 Posted July 5, 2007 Re: win xp double install Realrebelus wrote: > ok i was reformatting my hd necuase windows had a error or a bad file > some where that wouldnt let it connect to the internet , so i went to > reformat and i guess i wasnt paying attention and recopyed or copyed > over the current version know the new verison the rosolution is > missed up and wont activate so does anyone have a solution short of > reformatting the hd and also i can find only windows folder but have > the files form the old install and the new ones in to different users > folders As you have made a total dog's breakfast of your install it would be quicker to delete the partition, recreate it and install window afresh, once this is done you will probably need to install the drivers that are specific to your motherboard, sound device, video card etc., these will most likely be on a CD that came with your machine. If by " rosolution is missed up" you mean resolution this will be rectified once you install the correct video drivers. "also i can find only windows folder but have the files form the old install and the new ones in to different users folders " I cannot make head nor tails of this perhaps you could rephrase it. How to partition and format a hard disk in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/kb/313348/en-us How to install or upgrade to Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=316941 Clean Install Windows XP http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
Guest Realrebelus Posted July 6, 2007 Posted July 6, 2007 Re: win xp double install basiclly i mean the files form the orginal windows install are still there windows just copied it self on top on the other install of windows and the new install wont validate im assuming ths is becausetheres already a valid copy on my hd "GreenieLeBrun" wrote: > > > Realrebelus wrote: > > ok i was reformatting my hd necuase windows had a error or a bad file > > some where that wouldnt let it connect to the internet , so i went to > > reformat and i guess i wasnt paying attention and recopyed or copyed > > over the current version know the new verison the rosolution is > > missed up and wont activate so does anyone have a solution short of > > reformatting the hd and also i can find only windows folder but have > > the files form the old install and the new ones in to different users > > folders > > As you have made a total dog's breakfast of your install it would be quicker > to delete the partition, recreate it and install window afresh, once this is > done you will probably need to install the drivers that are specific to your > motherboard, sound device, video card etc., these will most likely be on a > CD that came with your machine. > > If by " rosolution is missed up" you mean resolution this will be rectified > once you install the correct video drivers. > > > "also i can find only windows folder but have the files form the old install > and the new ones in to different users folders " I cannot make head nor > tails of this perhaps you could rephrase it. > > How to partition and format a hard disk in Windows XP > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/313348/en-us > > How to install or upgrade to Windows XP > http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=316941 > > Clean Install Windows XP > http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html > > >
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