Guest Hearny Posted August 23, 2007 Posted August 23, 2007 i've been stupid and deleted some files involved with windows xp i think and whenever i go on the internet and try downloading anything kind of files, such as programs or settings for games i want to download, it won't, i get the files download box but the process bar doesnt fill up. i will get to the point now. i'm trying to uninstall my windows xp and install it again. i've got a windows xp disk but when i put it in, it says that it can't install windows because the copy on the disk is not as recent as the one already installed please can anyone help me thank you
Guest John John Posted August 23, 2007 Posted August 23, 2007 Re: uninstalling windows xp and reinstalling it Hearny wrote: > i've been stupid and deleted some files involved with windows xp i think and > whenever i go on the internet and try downloading anything kind of files, > such as programs or settings for games i want to download, it won't, i get > the files download box but the process bar doesnt fill up. i will get to the > point now. i'm trying to uninstall my windows xp and install it again. i've > got a windows xp disk but when i put it in, it says that it can't install > windows because the copy on the disk is not as recent as the one already > installed please can anyone help me I think that what you want to do is a "Repair Install". You don't have to "uninstall" the old Windows, you just reinstall atop of it. The reason that you are getting that message is because your Windows XP probably has SP2 and your Windows CD doesn't. You have to slipstream SP2 into the Windows CD, in other words you have to burn a new Windows CD with SP2 incorporated into it. It isn't difficult to do, see the four part article here: Combining Windows XP with Service Pack 2 for reinstallation (Part 1: Introduction) http://support.microsoft.com/kb/894947/ By the way, there are a couple of things you could try before reinstalling, you could use System Restore and restore to a point to just before you deleted the files or you could try running the System File Checker utility (Sfc /Scannow): Description of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 System File Checker (Sfc.exe) http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310747 John
Guest Hearny Posted August 23, 2007 Posted August 23, 2007 Re: uninstalling windows xp and reinstalling it thank you for this information john but i clicked on the link u gave me but my computer will not download anything also i cannot do a system restore back to a date before i deleted the files as i was stupid and didnt save the settings before i deleted. so i was just thinkin of wiping the whole system and rebooting from my disk but im unsure how to do it, the local pc repair shop wouldn't tell me and he wants to charge me 35 pounds for him to do it so i thought id give it ago. can u help out with any information on how to delete my current windows xp and how i can installl from my disk thank you once again
Guest sgopus Posted August 23, 2007 Posted August 23, 2007 Re: uninstalling windows xp and reinstalling it go to your bios and set your boot device to cd and insert the xp disk into the cd drive and allow it to boot, it will give you options to format and install fresh, or repair the current install read them carefully and decide what you want to do. "Hearny" wrote: > thank you for this information john but i clicked on the link u gave me but > my computer will not download anything also i cannot do a system restore back > to a date before i deleted the files as i was stupid and didnt save the > settings before i deleted. so i was just thinkin of wiping the whole system > and rebooting from my disk but im unsure how to do it, the local pc repair > shop wouldn't tell me and he wants to charge me 35 pounds for him to do it so > i thought id give it ago. can u help out with any information on how to > delete my current windows xp and how i can installl from my disk thank you > once again
Guest Patrick Keenan Posted August 23, 2007 Posted August 23, 2007 Re: uninstalling windows xp and reinstalling it "Hearny" <Hearny@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:0B8E70AA-9B2C-45F9-BC73-30831D6E445D@microsoft.com... > i've been stupid and deleted some files involved with windows xp i think > and > whenever i go on the internet and try downloading anything kind of files, > such as programs or settings for games i want to download, it won't, i get > the files download box but the process bar doesnt fill up. i will get to > the > point now. i'm trying to uninstall my windows xp and install it again. > i've > got a windows xp disk but when i put it in, it says that it can't install > windows because the copy on the disk is not as recent as the one already > installed please can anyone help me > > thank you The best way to deal with this is to update your copy of the XP install CD through a process called slipstreaming. You'll wind up with an XP SP2 CD, and you can then do a repair install or a clean install and not have to install SP2 as it's already there. However, this means you need a working system with a connection able to download a 260-meg file, the SP2 installer, and a program called Autostreamer. Also, not all CDs allow this - if your system is a Dell, it almost certainly won't work. Googling "slipstream XP" will get you all the information you need. If you're trying to wipe the drive and start fresh - first, is there any data on the drive you wish to keep? If so, stop. Find a way to copy your data off to another system or drive. This is actually pretty easy to do. At worst, find a friend with an XP system with plenty of drive space. Remove your hard disk, attach it to theirs, and just locate and copy the data. An easy way to get all of it is with the Acronis TrueImage demo version - this will give you two weeks to figure out what you need to keep. This demo, however, is a 100 meg download. And when you mount the image, you'll probably have to Take Ownership when you get "access denied" messages: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421 If there isn't any data you want, insert the CD and restart the system, press a key when told to and Setup will start. Choose a drive to install to, and tell Setup to format the drive. This will completely bypass the problem you're experiencing. Once you're done and online, go to the MS site and download the XP SP2 Service pack as one file, and save it. Or, download it on another system and save it to CD. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=049C9DBE-3B8E-4F30-8245-9E368D3CDB5A&displaylang=en You can also find this by googling "XP SP2 IT" - this is the first hit. Run it from the file and later, try to slipstream your XP CD. Autostreamer can be obtained here: http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=223562 If there is data you want, and if you can get into Control Panel, uninstall updates after the service pack on your CD. Look at the install CD label - it should indicate both XP and a service pack level, often SP1. In Control Panel, Add-Remove Programs, click "show updates", look for SP2 and uninstall it. Then, once your system is rolled back to a service pack level matching the CD, you should be able to do a repair install. And that *should* maintain your data, but it's always possible for things to go wrong. HTH -pk
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