Comments on: Reinstalling Windows XP

By: Lu

Lu — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 20:28:27 +0000

I have an old put together computer, It’s running Windows XP.I want to reinstall Windows Xp. So is the best way to do that is download WindowsXp first and then take out the old Windows XP. I don’t care about files,I am giving it to my daughter. Have not used it in a long time. But it still works. Oh, and will I have to buy memory?
Thanks.

By: Ken Savage

Ken Savage — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 03:16:25 +0000

mick, I don’t know of a way to recover anything after formatting your computer unless you had you data on a separate partition.

is the whole hard drive dedicated to c:\

By: mick

mick — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 23:31:53 +0000

hi…my friends computer has xp and got a virus and was unable to anything except reformat…it is a compaq, is there anyway to recover the lost pictures after the format?

cheers
mick

By: Gary Yoest

Gary Yoest — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 16:19:30 +0000

Thanks

By: Ken

Ken — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 08:11:18 +0000

Yes sometimes reinstalling XP will delete certain fodlers and files as they were used for temp install files.

That’s why my step 1 was back up EVERYTHING!

Sorry you lost some files.

By: Gary Yoest

Gary Yoest — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 01:40:11 +0000

This article was very helpful for future xp reloads. My problem is that I reloaded XP after a new mother board swap. I reloaded it on the same hard drive that it was on before. I did not reformat it. I now cannot find some of my old files such as my pictures. I can find some items so I know that the data did not get wiped out. When I search I get nothing even when checking in hidden files and folders. Where could they be hiding?
Gary