Help W/xp

[NICBOMZ]

Hey Guys I Think Im Stuck In A Rut !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Can Any1 Plezze Tell Me How To Reinstall Xp

It Came Loaded Into My Computer When It Was Shiped To Me

How Do I Start From Scratch,? Can I ?, Should I ?

[itsplayed]

What's going on that you feel a reinstall is needed? Is this a recovery disk or a standard retail copy of WinXP? What computer are you using?

[Megalodon]

Indeed; we don't even know what's the problem :)

But perhaps it's time to start using Ghost or other image software from now on. That way you just make a copy of the partition in question (or the whole disk) and if you really have nasty software-related problems for some reason, just put back the image and you're done. I know xp has it's on restore options, but I prefer using a program that bypasses windows, like Ghost.

[NICBOMZ]

thats the whole problem its it didnt come with a back up disk i bought it from dell direct

[NICBOMZ]

Its A Dell Dimension 9100 Intel P4 512g.bram 145 Gb Hard Drive

All I Wantt Is To Have Nuth But The Internet And My Production Software That Is It Nothing More Or Less Is It Possible?

Its Like My Computer Iz So Slow Im About Ready To Climb On Top Of A 12 Story Building A Jump The Hell Off

Iwant My Computer To Be All It Can Be {w/ Out Joining The Army}

[AndyH]

If the problem is software and not hardware, you can always start over. If the computer is at all still functional, you may want to give serious consideration to first making some kind of back-up of data and possible programs sources, if you've downloaded any -- especially if they are programs you bought over the net. If you do a full install you lose everything that is currently on that OS partition. In many cases there is only one partition, so everything currently on the machine will be gone.

For any of this, however, you have to have an OS source. That may mean buying a copy of WinXP before you can do anything. Sometimes a 'refreshable' copy of the OS comes with Dell computers. You can't do a full install with these but you can often correct problems that have originated since the original install. Do you have such a thing?