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format windows xp home edition

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Jim

Flightless Bird
how do i reformat my puter i have the dick to reenstall
 
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Pegasus [MVP]

Flightless Bird
"Jim" <Jim@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CF4A99AB-9AAE-4303-A0A3-FBB3F7D2F404@microsoft.com...
> how do i reformat my puter i have the dick to reenstall


You follow the prompts on the screen (while checking the spelling of your
posts . . .)
 
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PA Bear [MS MVP]

Flightless Bird
Why do you have to "reenstall" your dick?

HOW TO do a clean install of WinXP: See
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html#steps and/or Method 1 in
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/978307

After the clean install, you will have the equivalent of a "new computer" so
take care of everything on the following page before otherwise connecting
the machine to the internet or a local network (i.e., other computers) and
before using a flash drive or SDCard that isn't brand-new or hasn't been
freshly formatted:

4 steps to help protect your new computer before you go online
http://www.microsoft.com/security/pypc.aspx

Other helpful references include:

HOW TO get a computer running WinXP Gold (no Service Packs) fully patched
(after a clean install)
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsupdate/msg/3f5afa8ed33e121c

HOW TO get a computer running WinXP SP1(a) or SP2 fully patched (after a
clean install)
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/msg/a066ae41add7dd2b

Tip: After getting the computer fully-patched, download/install KB971029
manually: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971029

NB: Any Norton or McAfee free-trial that came preinstalled on the computer
when you bought it will be reinstalled (but invalid) when Windows is
reinstalled. You MUST uninstall the free-trial and download/run the
appropriate removal tool before installing any updates, Windows Service
Packs or IE upgrades and before installing your new anti-virus application
(which will require WinXP SP3 to be installed).

Norton Removal Tool
ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/removal_tools/Norton_Removal_Tool.exe

McAfee Consumer Products Removal Tool
http://download.mcafee.com/products/licensed/cust_support_patches/MCPR.exe

--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002


Jim wrote:
> how do i reformat my puter i have the dick to reenstall
 
J

Jim

Flightless Bird
On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 19:07:01 -0700, Jim
<Jim@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>how do i reformat my puter i have the dick to reenstall


Why do you want to format ?
 
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Unknown

Flightless Bird
Reformat your 'puter????? To what?
"Jim" <Jim@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> how do i reformat my puter i have the dick to reenstall
 
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Michael

Flightless Bird
"Unknown" <unknown@unknown.kom> wrote in message
news:#925z474KHA.4520@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Reformat your 'puter????? To what?
> "Jim" <Jim@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:CF4A99AB-9AAE-4303-A0A3-FBB3F7D2F404@microsoft.com...
>> how do i reformat my puter i have the dick to reenstall


To reenstall his dick, silly...
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"Don't pick a fight with an old man.
If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you."
 
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Bruce Chambers

Flightless Bird
Jim wrote:
> how do i reformat my puter i have the dick to reenstall



All legitimate WinXP installation CDs are bootable and have the
capability of deleting, creating, and formatting partitions.

Simply boot from the WinXP installation CD. You'll be offered the
opportunity to delete, create, and format partitions as part of the
installation process. (You may need to re-arrange the order of boot
devices in the PC's BIOS to boot from the CD.)

HOW TO Install Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;316941

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm


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Bruce Chambers

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