Guest Chico Posted September 12, 2007 Posted September 12, 2007 To make a really long story short, about a month ago I got infected with malware and it totally screwed up my computer. Of the many problems I have, whenever I try to open an application I get a prompt to choose what application I want to use to open it. For example, if I try to open Word, it will paradoxically ask me what I want to use to open it. Sometimes choosing the same application from the list works, sometimes it doesn't. Of the numerous other problems I have, I can't open many critical files such as Control Panel. I've tried fixes such as System Restore but nothing works. I want to do a clean install of XP, but when I put the CD in my drive, the prompt screen loads but when I click on "install XP" simply nothing happens. Is there anything I can do? Thank you in advance for any help.
Guest sgopus Posted September 12, 2007 Posted September 12, 2007 RE: Can't install XP from CD you need to boot to the cd, and then run the repair install. "Chico" wrote: > To make a really long story short, about a month ago I got infected with > malware and it totally screwed up my computer. Of the many problems I have, > whenever I try to open an application I get a prompt to choose what > application I want to use to open it. For example, if I try to open Word, it > will paradoxically ask me what I want to use to open it. Sometimes choosing > the same application from the list works, sometimes it doesn't. Of the > numerous other problems I have, I can't open many critical files such as > Control Panel. > > I've tried fixes such as System Restore but nothing works. I want to do a > clean install of XP, but when I put the CD in my drive, the prompt screen > loads but when I click on "install XP" simply nothing happens. Is there > anything I can do? > > Thank you in advance for any help. > >
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