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jas-tec
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3rd Dec 06 at 19:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
have a laptop with windows xp home edition how do i remove the xp on the laptop to reinstall it again i tryed a new copy i have its saying i have to remove windows xp first then use the xp disk to renistall it. how do i remove it cheers
JM_16v
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3rd Dec 06 at 19:34   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
GEEK day
jas-tec
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3rd Dec 06 at 19:41   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
lol thx
TNM
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3rd Dec 06 at 19:43   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
geeeeek day.
jas-tec
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3rd Dec 06 at 20:01   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
please help if not dont reply cheers
nova_gteuk
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lol,theyre saying this should be posted in geek day,not making fun off you

If you go in off day and look at the top there is geekday,houseday,Matchday..so this should be posted in geek day

http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/forumdisplay.php?fid=56
12vMatt
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3rd Dec 06 at 20:09   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
is it a branded laptop (dell etc)? if so then it should have a crappy restore disc to return it to factory settings and remove all data.
otherwise boot off the install disc then say to formatthen install windows or load a dos prompt from a floppy disc or usb drive then do format c:
Liam
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3rd Dec 06 at 20:11   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
They are telling you, IT SHOULDN'T BE IN HERE!

And, about your query.

Turn on your laptop, when it is booting up, press DEL, then go into the bios, change the boot up options, so that it boots up from a CD, then the HDD, then a floppy drive.

insert the XP disc, then reset, and it will load up the XP install. follow it through, until you get to the bit about partitions, delete the old partition. then create a new 1, then follow the step-by-step guide.

Should work.

GEEK DAY BTW
jas-tec
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4th Dec 06 at 11:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
cheers people i try it now
jas-tec
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4th Dec 06 at 12:39   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
it has a built in crappy restore disk
Liam
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5th Dec 06 at 10:07   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Use that then
abdus
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5th Dec 06 at 10:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
buy a Windows XP home Edition edition CD from ebay; doesn't need to have the CoA since yours is underneath the laptop.

You don't need to change settings in BIOS, just press F12 when booting to choose booting device
Liam
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I never knew you could do it that way, but if he does it my way, then he won't need to do that if he messes it up again
abdus
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5th Dec 06 at 10:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yep, but what might happen, when windows installation restarts pc, he might start all over again (if he doesn't chage the boot sequence again)

 
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