is it possable to reinstall windows xp with the windows xp upgrade disc?
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No. As the installer CD assumes that you have prior windows installed on your system.\nYes. What you can do is if you can find a lower version of windows (98/Millenium) and install on your system and then upgrade to WinXP using your upgrade CD. Make sure you are using the licenced version.
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It is possible. You will need a CD of Windows or an I386 directory on your computers. \n\nIt is worth pointing out that both your PC and laptop should have some sort of recovery CD or Windows CD. If you are trying to install the same version of Windows on the laptop as the desktop and you use the same licence key, it will not work. Each copy of XP is licenced to an individual computer. Microsoft WILL detect that it is not the same PC that it was originally installed and will not activate your copy of Windows.\n\nCheck out microsoft.com/support and type your question there.
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Please perform the following steps to reinstall DVD/CD-ROM drives :\n\n01. Select Start menu -> select Run -> type "devmgmt.msc" and click Ok.\n02. Click the "+" symbol against DVD/CD-ROM drives.\n03. Right-click the device under DVD/CD-ROM and select Uninstall.\n04. Restart the system.\n\nThe respective device drivers would be reinstalled.\n\nDownload and install the following patch:\nhttp://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts/xp_cd_dvd_fix.vbs
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Do yourself a favor and buy a licensed copy of XP.  \n\nAnd when you get it, reinstall Windows doing a "clean" install.  You'll be surprised how much of a difference that will make.  Look into making backups onto DVD or a second hard drive as well.  Once you do a clean install and reinstall all the apps you use the most, make a backup right away.  That way you'll have a quick restore disc you can go back to anytime you have problems down the road.
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Yes you can upgrade to it if you have the XP CD.
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hi friend,\n\n     im sorry your question is not much clear anyhow i will give my suggestions here.you have 2 ways to reinstall windows xp :\n\n1.dirty reinstallation.\n\n2.clean reinstallation\n\ni would suggest you to try 2nd option.\n\nstep 1:change boot priority in bios setup \nstep 2:boot from windows xp setup cd\nstep 3:gives you option to reinstall \nstep 4:select the partion to install os usually c:\nstep 5:select format using ntfs\nstep 6:follow onscreen directions
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Here is your fix:\n\nYou MUST have an OEM Win XP CD.\n\n1. Boot up with the WinXP CD and at the Setup Screen press the Enter Key.\n  \n2. You will be taken to the Windows XP Licensing Agreement. Press F8 to proceed.\n\n3. The next screen gives you the option to do a fresh (clean) install or to repair\n     the selected Windows XP installation. To run a Repair Install press "R".\n\n***CAUTION*** if you do not see the option to repair the selected Windows XP\ninstallation DO NOT choose the option to continue installing a fresh copy without\nrepairing as that will overwrite your data and cause unrecoverable data loss.\n\n4. If you originally installed XP with Service Pack 1 and later installed Service Pack     2,  you will need to re-install Service Pack 2.\n\n5. If you have any Microsoft Office products installed,  you will need to re-activate\n    with the Product Key code. Contacting Microsoft may be required.
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1. Install again from CD\n2. In Windows XP exist system utility named as system restore. in This programm try restore system before uninstall.
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If your replacement motherboard is similar to your original motherboard with respect to specifications (chipset, etc.), you may be able to get away with it.  Windows XP installations are tied to a specific hardware configuration, and if that changes significantly, you may have to re-register with Microsoft - usually by calling it in or going online.  (Microsoft Office installations are similar in that you have to re-register if something major changes.)\n\nI replaced a motherboard in a computer I had and reinstalled everything fine - the restore disks didn't detect any problems and reinstalled everything for me without a hitch.  The trick there was that my replacement was the exact same model as the original, so nothing in the new motherboard alerted my restore disks to a potential problem.\n\nAs for other software aside from Windows and Office, I don't think you should have a problem.  Most other software doesn't care if you swapped out a hard drive or added memory, unless their installation schemes are tied to hardware as well.  But as far as I know, most software doesn't have this extra security measure in place.
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You can use your windows XP CD, if you're using windows, and restart the computer. The CD is bootable so you will be given options, from which you can choose to repair the current operating system. But if you've never done this, it is probably better if you consult someone who's done so before. You can end up losing everything on your hard disk.
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OK HERE WE GO[ASSUMING THAT YOU ARE USING XP]\nalso make sure that you have a new driver for you cd in hand or the original\nCLICK ON START>CONTROL PANEL>SYSTEM>HARDWARE>DEVICE MANAGER>\nGO TO THE CDR/DVD DRIVES \nCLICK THE +\nRIGHT CLICK THE THE CD DRIVE THAT YOU WANT TO WORK ON>click properties>\nclick the tab that says drivers the uninstall button is the one that you want. \ni think you can take it from there. if the new drive is not working as advertised well you can roll back to the original driver.\nhave you tried downloading a driver up date for the system? it could save you a lot of pain
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You can only unistall it if you installed it as an "upgrade installation", otherwise you'll have to reinstall from scratch.\n\nIf you did install it as an "upgrade installation", then you can uninstall it by starting in "safe mode" and going to Start>Control Panel>Add/Remove Programs>select Windows XP.
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No. There is no eay way. Perhaps the easiest is to simply buy another hard disk (if you can actually install one in your hardware) and install a fresh copy of the operating system on it, making it the a new c drive, but this raises some particular issues. Some applications (and many operating systems) require that certain files (configuration stuff, for instance) be on the same drive from which the system has booted (or on which the application is installed). So changing to a new drive like this will involve some obscure issues dependent on not so obvious details of how this or that program (including the operating system) was designed and implemented. \n\n==========\nThere are some things you'll have to think about here, before you do anything at all. I'll assume you aren't going to get a new hard disk, and discuss the problem as you laid it out. Namely, reformatting the existing C drive and reinstalling your system on it. \n\nDo you really need to reformat? You may be able to reinstall Windows over itself, and if a damage Windows file is part of the problem, escape without the major pain of reformatting. \n\n========\nFirst, without the installation CD (or copies of all the files from it) you're sunk. I'm not sure from what you say whether you have a copy of the CD on your second drive or not. If you don't ... Trouble lies that way. \n\nSecond, You must backup everything you have on the C drive that is not reinstalled from the distribution disks. And you must be certain that whatever backup method you choose will be able to actually read the backup formatted files after the reinstallation. It is not unusual, sadly, for some backup programs to be unable to actually read in the backup files it creates. \n"Backup" includes the operating system (Microsoft has dropped support for 98 and for SE, so you would be well advised to update -- my suggestion is to 2000, but some folks are willing to settel for 2000 Lite -- ie, XP. Or even to make this your opportunity to switch to a vendor who poses fewer problems -- the main option as I write this is one of the kind_of_Unixen), Linux -- my favorite is the SuSE distribution). And "backup" includes application files as well. Identifying just which files these are, and where they are is not always easy. Clearly all your pictures and documents you've written and would qualify, but applications (and operating systems) usually have several configuration files, history files, backup files, index files, ... which it will save time to have copes of. But, if an application doesn't provide for saving these and reinstalling them over a fresh installtion of the application, ...  There will be problems here as well. You might have to reconfigure some or all of your applications (and the operating system too) after reinstallation. this is a pain, but may be unavoidable...\n\nThird, you must be certain that any new hardware you've installed will be recognized by the Windows boot routines at reinstallation time. It might be wise to start a reinstallation (with the intent of cancelling it essentially immediately) to test whether the BIOS will call up the Windows installation routines from wherever they are, and whether they will be able to find the new hardware. Since hardware support (ie, drivers and design troubleshooting) for 98SE has mostly been dropped, increasingly more hardware will not be supported for 98SE.  Without support, you'll have to write your own drivers -- not recommended.\n\nFourth, you must, when reinstalling, configure your software in ways which are compatible with how they used to be configured, lest there be odd (perhaps fatal) happenings from the incompatibilites. Some things don't matter -- like icon colors or the shape of the cursor, but some will.\n\nFifth, keep a record of what you did and why at each step of the way, starting before you begin backing up. Include all instructions (and options) and the immediate re
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let your current version of windows load then put in the new windows cd and select upgrade
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If you use XP system restore is the way to go.
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You should have no problems whatever with current files, accounts, etc.  It is always a good idea to back-up your system on external media (data DVD, CD, External HD, etc...)  \n\nWhatever you do...do not turn off power (power-cycle) your computer while updating...even at the end of the instalation process...you must let it shut-down (it will prompt you at the appropriate time to do this or do it itself) and boot up or XP will no longer work.  It trashes the System32/config files.  you have to repair from the intall CD...and you then may loose the "my documents" portion of your system.  \n\nI don't mean to scare you with doom and gloom, but if you have a system that came with Xp on the HD on a "Secret Partition" then you will need find a viable copy of XP or Buy one...because Microsoft will laugh at you if you call them with this particular problem.
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You don't have to install windows XP again, just go to your control panel and on the left hand-side you will find windows update click on it and it will take you the windows update site, it then will automatically scan your computer for updates, download and install them, you should find SP2 as one of them.\nAnother option is to go directly to\nhttp://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/default.aspx?ln=en-us\nWhich should work the same.