Reinstalling xp without disc

Do not enter the Recovery Console. Read the agreement. After you have gone over the license agreement, hit F8 to agree and continue. Setup will load a list of your Windows XP installs. Most users will only see one thing listed here. Select your previous installation. If you only have one install, it will be automatically highlighted. Press R to begin the repair process. Windows will begin copying files, and then reboot the computer automatically.

It will then begin the repair install. You will be asked to confirm the date and time as well as a few other basic questions. Most of the time, the default option is acceptable. Enter the Product Key. Towards the end of the installation, you will be asked to enter the product key. Windows will check to make sure it is a valid key before proceeding. After installation, you will have to authorize your copy of Windows online or over the phone.

The Product Activation wizard will appear when you log into your newly repaired copy. If you have an internet connection, then you should be able to authenticate your copy by clicking a button.

Check your programs. Once the installation is complete, you will be taken to your repaired install of Windows. Because certain system files were replaced, some of your installed programs may not function, and may need to be reinstalled.

Some of your devices may need to have their drivers reinstalled. To see which devices are not installed properly, open the Start Menu and right-click My Computer. Select the Hardware Tab, and then click Device Manager. If there are devices with a yellow exclamation point, then they may need their drivers reinstalled. Method 2. Backup your data. Formatting and reinstalling Windows will wipe your hard drive clean.

Be absolutely sure that you have backups of all your important files before starting. Pictures, movies, documents, and music will all be erased. Insert your Windows CD. Make note of your Windows Product Key, you will need it during the installation. Boot from the Windows CD to start the setup program Details for this step can be found in steps in the first section of this guide. Windows will load the drivers for the setup program.

Once this is complete, press Enter at the Welcome screen to start the setup. Do not enter the recovery console. Hit F8 once you are done reading the agreement to continue the setup process. Press Esc to continue with a fresh install. Delete the partition. You should see a list of your hard drive partitions. These are your C: and D: drives The lettering is dependent on the way the system was set up.

This is your last chance to restart and back up any files you forgot. Once the partition is deleted, your data is gone. Create a new partition. Select the unpartitioned space. Press C to create a new partition. Enter the maximum size possible and press Enter. You can create smaller a smaller partition if you want to create other partitions in your hard drive later through Windows. I see there's quite a few "threats detected" so far I'll do the other scan next. So, in acouple hours I'll have all the info you requested.

It's also interesting to note that I have NOT received that error message the entire time. Usually, the pop-up appears with that error message and I just let it be. I don't click on it. By avoiding it, my computer doesn't crash or shut down. Only when I click on "cancel" does it shutdown immediately.

But like I said, no error message yet today. The error very well could have been the result of malware. However, until the scan completes and you actually remove the infections they are still active on your computer.

So, the detection alone is insufficient to prevent the effects. Thanks for the update. Looking forward to the end results. A very short scan but powerful rootkit detector. Any help would be appreciated. This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread.

Doing so will open the My Computer folder. Enable viewing for hidden files and folders. To do so: [1] X Research source Click the Tools tab in the top-left side of the window.

Click Folder Options Click the View tab. Check the "Show hidden files and folders" circle. Click Apply , then click OK. Double-click Local Disk. If there are multiple Local Disk options, make sure that you double-click the C: drive. Double-click the Windows folder. This will open the Windows folder. Double-click the i folder.

You may have to scroll down to find this option. Find the "winnt Doing so will launch the Windows XP setup process. Wait for the setup window to appear. Depending on how fast your computer is and which programs were open when you double-clicked winnt Once the setup window appears, you may proceed with reinstalling Windows XP. Part 2. This will initiate the setup. Press the "I agree" key. At the bottom of the screen, you'll see a key e.

Press the "Don't Repair" key. You'll see this listed at the bottom of the screen. The "Don't Repair" key is usually Esc. Delete your current XP installation. Select the NTFS hard drive option using the arrow keys, then press the "Delete" key usually D that's listed at the bottom of the screen.

This will indicate to Windows that you want to delete the selected installation. Press L when prompted. Doing so erases the hard drive and returns you to the installation menu.

This will select your computer's hard drive as the installation point. Format your computer's hard drive. Doing so will set up the hard drive for a Windows installation.

This process will take several minutes to an hour depending on your hard drive's size. You can select the Quick option here as well, though your hard drive might be improperly formatted if you do so. Wait for your computer to restart. I have no setup CD or i directory. I want to make a boot CD. Can I use i from another source? I have an slip-streamed xp which basically needs to me to boot from that resource. However, the slipstream xp in on the hard disk.

Any Possible ways for me to access it from boot directly? Thank you v much. Hey leo i have a windows xp pro and i have found it on the side of the street and it boots runs and everthing but i want to reinstall it but i dont have the disk and also the drives dnt work can u help me out. I replaced the PSU, then I was able to boot the computer. I will like to do Recovery. The Recovery option F10 during booting process is not responding though I see the recovery partition present.

If I call microsoft and give the product key will they send me win xp cd? Or is there any other means to access recovery partition? Hey there! I was wondering if you had any thoughts… My Sony desktop was running an antivirus software program when XP Media Edition decided to automagically reboot. When the desktop came back around, I tried to log in.

Is there a way for me to reinstall XP — Media Edition on the computer without losing all of my information and applications? I hit reboot not knowing what it ment and am still not sure. What I should do. I can boot to XP, but the computer logs off shortly after the Personal Settings are loaded. There is a recovery partition on the computer, but I presume that this would only permit a clean install of Windows. But when I tried to log in by using my keyboard, I can log in… What can I do?

I deleted the files so my computer wont start and I dont have the xp disc it says corrupt or missing file. Or have virus not yet figured out how to corrupt win32nt. Just wondering, thanks…. My Pc has this virus file, it reboots nomally, bu makes this laggy sound. I ntried using some virus delete program which gave no use. I downloaded the Installation Cd, but when i press enter it says that thre is no liscene agreement and then it reboots.

I need to reinstall no Cd ok now I want to know can I take everything off and buy another Xp or 7 How would I do this? Hi Leo, have a dell …losn story short has viruses and other problems…want to reinstall windows xp…found in xp setup folder…ran winnt32 in prompt and it wont continue with windows install because the version on pc is newer…blah blah…you know of a workaround? HI Leo, pls help me.. I used the method shown here for completely reinstalling windows but once it had all finished and loaded, my computer was still exactly the same.

All my files and stuff are still there. What went wrong? Do I now have a second windows installed somewhere? I had Windows XP on my system that was built for me by a friend, and it was format inadvertently with windows Help me the anti virus deleted my desktop my computer is slow. Please someone help me i need to start over since his setup is already screwed over. There never was such a disc… where would I find those files? I open the winnt Please press Ctrl Alt Del restart.

Ok, I am extremely computer and spelling illiterate so sorry. I was recently trying to install windows pro updates, do not remember which ones but there were After the updates started I noticed I had forgot and left a mmo game running.

I shut the game down. Within 10 minutes the first 3 updates failed so I tried to cancel the update process. Which resulted in the program not responding message. I manually shut my system down and went for a smoke.

When I came back and started comp up it goes from a screen with my comp info and the hit f8 page to a smaller hit page.