Guest James Posted July 30, 2007 Posted July 30, 2007 I want to re-load Windows XP Pro on my current machine and when I put in the XP CD it notes that the machine already has a newer version of the XP OS. How should I proceed - download from MS site or get around the splash screen? I guess it is referring to the fact that I added SP1 and the old CD doesn't reflect that. Suggestions? James
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted July 30, 2007 Posted July 30, 2007 Re: Reloading Windows "James" <James@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:5C57A1C6-47E6-49B1-937C-602150C2415B@microsoft.com... >I want to re-load Windows XP Pro on my current machine and when I put in >the > XP CD it notes that the machine already has a newer version of the XP OS. > How > should I proceed - download from MS site or get around the splash screen? > I > guess it is referring to the fact that I added SP1 and the old CD doesn't > reflect that. Suggestions? > James Instead of inserting your CD when Windows is up and running, turn off the machine, then boot it off your WinXP CD. To make the machine boot off the CD you have to instruct it to use the CD drive as its primary boot device. Different machines use different methods for this - read the manual that came with it. Make sure to save your important files before reloading Windows, including your EMail files.
Guest Curt Christianson Posted July 30, 2007 Posted July 30, 2007 Re: Reloading Windows Hi James, You're right, the reason you get that message is because SP1 makes your installation newer that the CD. You realize of course you *should* be up to SP2 for security reasons? The only way you can re-install XP at this point is to format the drive and start from scratch. That includes going back to Windows Update, etc. A total re-installation is usually not necessary. Can you describe in detail exactly what problems you are having. There are a lot of sharp people here who may be able to solve your problem without the need of re-installing. -- HTH, Curt Windows Support Center http://www.aumha.org Practically Nerded,... http://dundats.mvps.org/Index.htm "James" <James@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:5C57A1C6-47E6-49B1-937C-602150C2415B@microsoft.com... |I want to re-load Windows XP Pro on my current machine and when I put in the | XP CD it notes that the machine already has a newer version of the XP OS. How | should I proceed - download from MS site or get around the splash screen? I | guess it is referring to the fact that I added SP1 and the old CD doesn't | reflect that. Suggestions? | James
Guest Harry Ohrn Posted July 30, 2007 Posted July 30, 2007 Re: Reloading Windows You can slipstream Service Pack 2 (SP2) into your current version of Windows XP. See here http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/slipstream.htm -- Harry Ohrn MS MVP [shell\User] http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp "James" <James@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:5C57A1C6-47E6-49B1-937C-602150C2415B@microsoft.com... >I want to re-load Windows XP Pro on my current machine and when I put in >the > XP CD it notes that the machine already has a newer version of the XP OS. > How > should I proceed - download from MS site or get around the splash screen? > I > guess it is referring to the fact that I added SP1 and the old CD doesn't > reflect that. Suggestions? > James
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted July 30, 2007 Posted July 30, 2007 Re: Reloading Windows On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 06:24:01 -0700, James <James@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > I want to re-load Windows XP Pro on my current machine and when I put in the > XP CD it notes that the machine already has a newer version of the XP OS. How > should I proceed - download from MS site or get around the splash screen? I > guess it is referring to the fact that I added SP1 and the old CD doesn't > reflect that. Suggestions? The reason you are getting the message is that you are trying to do an installation with a CD that's an older service pack level than what is already installed. However, it doesn't matter. If you get such a message when trying to do a clean installation, it's because you are doing the installation incorrectly. When done correctly, the installation formats the drive, so what starts out on it doesn't matter at all. Just boot from the Windows XP CD (change the BIOS boot order if necessary to accomplish this) and follow the prompts for a clean installation (delete the existing partition by pressing "D" when prompted, then create a new one). You can find detailed instructions here: http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html or here http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org/how_do_i_install_windows_xp.htm or here http://windowsxp.mvps.org/XPClean.htm or here http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup
Guest Plato Posted July 31, 2007 Posted July 31, 2007 Re: Reloading Windows =?Utf-8?B?SmFtZXM=?= wrote: > > I want to re-load Windows XP Pro on my current machine and when I put in the http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sg_clean.asp http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=316941 -- http://www.bootdisk.com/
Guest James Posted August 5, 2007 Posted August 5, 2007 Re: Reloading Windows I attemped to boot from my install CD using f8 prompt and when Windows assessed my machine I got an error code: file\i386\vgaoem.fon did not load - error code 32768 Is there a way around this? I would also be happy to reformat my C drive and do a clean install. How should I proceed? TX JDF "Plato" wrote: > =?Utf-8?B?SmFtZXM=?= wrote: > > > > I want to re-load Windows XP Pro on my current machine and when I put in the > > http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm > http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sg_clean.asp > http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=316941 > > -- > http://www.bootdisk.com/ > > >
Guest James Posted August 5, 2007 Posted August 5, 2007 Re: Reloading Windows Curt, Thanks for the reply and I am not after a specific glitch. The machine is gummed up with 3 years of software and needs to be refreshed. It doesn't have a lot of reconfiguring that will need to be done so I thought I would learn the best way to refresh it. I agree that you can usually help me fix specific glitches without resorting to such means but this may be the best for a gummed up machine. Using F8 to boot from the CD I got the "can't find file\i386\vgaoem.fon with an error code of 32768". Are you suggesting that one way to avoid all of this is to reformat my C drive from Windows Explorer and then insert the XP CD to install and then get XP updates from the MS site? TX - Jim. "Curt Christianson" wrote: > Hi James, > > You're right, the reason you get that message is because SP1 makes your > installation newer that the CD. You realize of course you *should* be up to > SP2 for security reasons? > > The only way you can re-install XP at this point is to format the drive and > start from scratch. That includes going back to Windows Update, etc. > > A total re-installation is usually not necessary. Can you describe in > detail exactly what problems you are having. There are a lot of sharp > people here who may be able to solve your problem without the need of > re-installing. > > -- > HTH, > Curt > > Windows Support Center > http://www.aumha.org > Practically Nerded,... > http://dundats.mvps.org/Index.htm > > "James" <James@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:5C57A1C6-47E6-49B1-937C-602150C2415B@microsoft.com... > |I want to re-load Windows XP Pro on my current machine and when I put in > the > | XP CD it notes that the machine already has a newer version of the XP OS. > How > | should I proceed - download from MS site or get around the splash screen? > I > | guess it is referring to the fact that I added SP1 and the old CD doesn't > | reflect that. Suggestions? > | James > > >
Guest Bill Sharpe Posted August 5, 2007 Posted August 5, 2007 Re: Reloading Windows James wrote: > I attemped to boot from my install CD using f8 prompt and when Windows > assessed my machine I got an error code: > > file\i386\vgaoem.fon did not load - error code 32768 > > Is there a way around this? I would also be happy to reformat my C drive and > do a clean install. How should I proceed? > > TX JDF > F8 starts the computer in safe mode. As pointed out by others you need to change the BIOS to boot from CD first rather than the hard drive. The key to hit as you start varies depending on your computer manufacturer, F2, or Delete work for my two computers, respectively. Bill
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