If you can, click OK to continue. If you cannot, then hit Cancel or simply wait 20 seconds for the screen to revert to its original settings. Select Next to proceed with the installation. The Welcome to Microsoft Windows screen will appear once the screen changes are made. This process will just take a couple minutes.
Windows will attempt to check your network connectivity. If you are planning on setting this up later, you can skip this screen. Enter the names of your users. In this step, you can create separate logins for each of the users of your computer.
You must enter at least one name. You can enter up to five users on this screen, but more can be entered through the Control Panel after installing. After entering the names, click Finish to finalize the installation. Windows will work for a few moments and then you will be greeted with your new desktop. Run Windows Update. This will download the latest system updates from Microsoft.
These are very important, as the patch system vulnerabilities and stability issues. Install your drivers. Chances are you will need to install your drivers again now that the computer has been formatted. Depending on the devices you have attached to your computer, this could include your video card, your modem or network card, your sound, and more. Method 3. Install from the recovery partition. Many computer manufacturers ship their computers with a partition on the hard drive that contains the Windows installation files.
In order to access it, you will need to boot into the recovery partition. The most common key to enter the partition is F This will appear underneath the manufacturer log right after starting the computer. Install from within Windows. You will need to use a file called winnt This file is a Windows installer that can be run from inside Windows XP. To find it, open the Start menu and click Search.
Select "all Files and Folders" from the left frame. Enter "winnt Running winnt From this point, follow Step 3 in the above section. You will still need to enter a valid product key. Your data will be deleted as it would through a regular install. Yes, Windows XP works great in However, Firefox, the only web browser that still supports it, will drop the support in After that, you will still be able to use the internet normally for a while, but eventually websites won't load properly on the outdated browser.
Non-internet based programs Word, Excel, PowerPoint, games, etc. Yes No. Not Helpful 1 Helpful 1. ClixTech Australia. Yes it does. After the format, the computer will start copying files.
After that, the computer will reboot. After rebooting it is perfectly safe to remove the CD. If the computer says that a file could not be found, you will need to put the CD back in. Not Helpful 2 Helpful 0. Include your email address to get a message when this question is answered. Make sure you have easy access to your Product key.
Put all your device drivers on a thumb-drive so that you can install them all at once when you are finished with the Windows installation. Helpful 0 Not Helpful 0. Submit a Tip All tip submissions are carefully reviewed before being published.
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By continuing to use our site, you agree to our cookie policy. Type the character key that you retrieved earlier into the "Product Key" boxes. Add a password, then click Next. Type your preferred password into the "Administrator password" and "Confirm password" text fields at the bottom of the window.
You can also change your computer's name in the text field at the top of the window. Set a date and time zone, then click Next. Click the "Date" drop-down box, select the current date, and then repeat with the "Time" and "Time Zone" boxes.
Check the "Typical Settings" box, then click Next. This will cause Windows XP to install using default settings. Check the "No" box. It's at the top of the window. If your computer is part of a workgroup, you'll instead check the "Yes" box and enter your workgroup's address in the text box.
This will complete the installation setup process, at which point Windows XP will resume installing. You may have to wait for 30 minutes or so before the installation finishes. It might be on a sticker on the bottom of your laptop if that's what you're using. Yes No. Not Helpful 13 Helpful Unless you keep a backup copy of your i folder, you can't. Ubuntu allows you to dual-boot your computer, which keeps both XP and Ubuntu.
Not Helpful 4 Helpful 9. I found an old XP computer. I want to factory reset it. How can I do that without knowing the admin password? Try to reintall the OS completely. Insert a official CD or dowload and make one.
Then just install Windows normally. Not Helpful 0 Helpful 1. What can I do if my computer won't boot up, shows Windows, then shuts down and tries to start up again, then loops? Repeatedly hit F8 on your keyboard during boot up, than select system repair.
If you can't, contact your system manufacturer for a repair CD. Or, if you have to product code, download from the Microsoft website. Not Helpful 9 Helpful 3. Boot into the Windows XP installation, get to the partitions, then format the drive. Just make sure you backed up all files.
Not Helpful 0 Helpful 0. However, at the minimum RAM, Vista will be quite laggy. You might want to consider upgrading your RAM to its maximum amount, which should be quite inexpensive on an older machine; if the processor is at least 1 GHz, you could then run Windows 7.
What to do in that case? It may be in a hidden file. Search for winnt in My Computer. If you see an icon that looks like a computer next to something that says "winnt", that is the.
Double click on that icon and walk through the steps. You can also do a system restore to restore the computer to an earlier point and then search for "winnt". Not Helpful 10 Helpful 1. Include your email address to get a message when this question is answered. Closing any unnecessary open programs before initiating the reinstallation will speed up the installation. Helpful 0 Not Helpful 0. If you installed custom components e. You can fix this by updating them with the correct drivers, which can usually be found on a component manufacturer's product page online.
Thanks for your feedback. Hi all. I have a Samsung Netbook which is around 3 years old. I haven't tested out what the recovery looks like but most probably it is to restore factory settings. If yes, is there any way to activate it? If it doesn't get installed from Recovery, which disks can I use to reinstall XP? Thank You :.
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