I am going to try some more things now with my XP CD to see if
partitioning during a new installation would wipe my drive.
If you do not hear from me for a while, you'll know it did not work. :-/
Success at last!!!
I don't know if the earlier reinstall of XP did it, or the reorganizing
of the boot order, or I just got lucky this time.
In any case, when Win XP under new install tried to boot from its CD,
is succeeded :-)
Deleted all partitions.
Did full format.
Now will spend next few days reinstalling all my software.
Re: Reinstalling XP Pro ... Then start the Comp with the XP disc in place and do a new installation...formatting during that installation. ... > I want to reinstall XP over and clean everything out. ... > I was thinking of Partitioning the exsisting drive and backup ... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics)
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Re: A file is corrupt. SFC / WFP bug. ... and after the reinstall it wasn't working. ...Installation program was checking version numbers and for some ..."Jim Carlock" wrote: ... >> with Dependency Walker:... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
Re: Reinstalling Windows XP Professional ... > How do I do a clean reinstallatoin of the OS? ... > version of the Windows, so I can't re-install it unless I ... since doing a clean installation wipes out the existing version. ... be necessary to reinstall Windows. ... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
Re: How do I Transfer Data files from Old Accounts? ...clean install. ... Only use this CD to reinstall the software. ... If it's an installation CD, ... But I cannot access this folder from my new account, even though at the Windows... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.configuration_manage)
