elliott
December 5th 03, 11:25 PM
Thank you John. Your step by step instructions may be of
great value in the future. Unfortunately, as i recall, my
modem driver is not part of xp, and i do not have a disk...
how could i burn it on to a cd or dvd?
where do i go, would you please assist?
i've also updated stuff for other newsgroup people's
questions, please look around at them.
thanks again,
elliott
>-----Original Message-----
>Elliott first take a few deep breaths and then make a
>nice cup of tea (or coffee). It is difficult to give you
>guidance on the blue screen because you have supplied no
>details, i.e., it could be hardware/software driver
>related.
>As for a clean install well that is one solution.
>Incidentally your bios is on your motherboard and isn't
>part of xp. The only way you can delete your bios is by
>physically damaging your bios chipset or installing an
>incorrect bios update so forget about the bios.
>To do a clean install do as follows (i assume your pc is
>set to boot from cd?):
>
>Before you start make sure you have backed up any
>important data you want to keep onto a floppy or cd. Also
>during installation be sure to read each of the setup
>screens carefully. You may also need to have avaialble
>any cd's or floppies that contain drivers for modems etc
>just in case xp doesn't have the required driver.
>
>1/ Insert your XP CD isto your CD-ROM and reboot your
>machine
>2/ The xp setup will begin
>3/ xp will copy files to memory
>4/ setup will then search your hard drive for any other
>copy of windows
>5/ it will find one and will give you two options: a)
>Repair b) install new copy
>6/ Choose install new copy
>7/ The next screen will ask where you want to install the
>new copy. Select the C drive
>8/ once you press enter to indicate you want to install
>on the C drive setup will ask if you want to leave the
>file system as it is. This option will be highlighted in
>the list on the screen.
>9/ You don't want to leave the file system as it is. What
>you need to do is reformat your hard drive so select
>format in fat32 (or if you prefer format in ntfs). Don't
>use the quick format option because this only deletes the
>files, use the full format option.
>10/ after your drive has been formatted xp will continue
>to install.
>
>Hope this helps
>
>John Barnett - MVP
>Associate expert
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>I've grown tired of the 'blue screen' nightmare.
>>I checked, and all the drivers are signed by microsoft,
>>but i still get four or five shutdowns per day.
>>
>>That alone, makes using a computer more time consuming
>>than anything.
>>
>>I want to go to the beginning. I want to clean my hard
>>drive of all it's contents, besides the bios if possible,
>>and restore it with a clean copy of windows xp home.
>>
>>How do i do such a task, is it wise, will it solve any
>>problems, or should i just throw the whole box out and
>>buy an apple? Is there any help for me other than a
>>fresh start? Is there by chance some program written
>>which will decypher which 'device driver' that keeps
>>shutting my tower off, and delete it?
>>
>>I grow weary of blue screen, please assist me...
>>
>>elliott
>>.
>>
>.
>
great value in the future. Unfortunately, as i recall, my
modem driver is not part of xp, and i do not have a disk...
how could i burn it on to a cd or dvd?
where do i go, would you please assist?
i've also updated stuff for other newsgroup people's
questions, please look around at them.
thanks again,
elliott
>-----Original Message-----
>Elliott first take a few deep breaths and then make a
>nice cup of tea (or coffee). It is difficult to give you
>guidance on the blue screen because you have supplied no
>details, i.e., it could be hardware/software driver
>related.
>As for a clean install well that is one solution.
>Incidentally your bios is on your motherboard and isn't
>part of xp. The only way you can delete your bios is by
>physically damaging your bios chipset or installing an
>incorrect bios update so forget about the bios.
>To do a clean install do as follows (i assume your pc is
>set to boot from cd?):
>
>Before you start make sure you have backed up any
>important data you want to keep onto a floppy or cd. Also
>during installation be sure to read each of the setup
>screens carefully. You may also need to have avaialble
>any cd's or floppies that contain drivers for modems etc
>just in case xp doesn't have the required driver.
>
>1/ Insert your XP CD isto your CD-ROM and reboot your
>machine
>2/ The xp setup will begin
>3/ xp will copy files to memory
>4/ setup will then search your hard drive for any other
>copy of windows
>5/ it will find one and will give you two options: a)
>Repair b) install new copy
>6/ Choose install new copy
>7/ The next screen will ask where you want to install the
>new copy. Select the C drive
>8/ once you press enter to indicate you want to install
>on the C drive setup will ask if you want to leave the
>file system as it is. This option will be highlighted in
>the list on the screen.
>9/ You don't want to leave the file system as it is. What
>you need to do is reformat your hard drive so select
>format in fat32 (or if you prefer format in ntfs). Don't
>use the quick format option because this only deletes the
>files, use the full format option.
>10/ after your drive has been formatted xp will continue
>to install.
>
>Hope this helps
>
>John Barnett - MVP
>Associate expert
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>I've grown tired of the 'blue screen' nightmare.
>>I checked, and all the drivers are signed by microsoft,
>>but i still get four or five shutdowns per day.
>>
>>That alone, makes using a computer more time consuming
>>than anything.
>>
>>I want to go to the beginning. I want to clean my hard
>>drive of all it's contents, besides the bios if possible,
>>and restore it with a clean copy of windows xp home.
>>
>>How do i do such a task, is it wise, will it solve any
>>problems, or should i just throw the whole box out and
>>buy an apple? Is there any help for me other than a
>>fresh start? Is there by chance some program written
>>which will decypher which 'device driver' that keeps
>>shutting my tower off, and delete it?
>>
>>I grow weary of blue screen, please assist me...
>>
>>elliott
>>.
>>
>.
>