Page 1 of re installing Xp on my Dell..

could anyone OGGY gimmme a quicky guide to doing it, aint got the disc,

also got 50GB of music still on it needs saving or any other ideas

Wutank - how old is the machine?
Did they not give you a rebuild disc? (Or perhaps instructions of how to get into the rebuild menu if its built in to the bios)
Failing that, assuming you have a sticker somewhere with the Windows XP licence on it, then you just need a copy of Windows XP OEM (assuming Home edition) and you could install using that licence key.

If its a straight re-install, (ie no hardware changes) then there are a couple of files you can copy from your machine to stop you from having to re-validate/activate the copy (Google it for details...think its a *.wpa file and one other, sorry, can`t remember the details :D)

As for the music, external hard drive perhaps? Or quite a few blank DVDs :D

its anew machine no discs with it..

If you have a blank dvd or 2 there might be an option in a menu somewhere to create a recovery disc - there was with a friend`s Acer.


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hi mate, only just noticed this post :) msn me (don`t worry if i "appear" offline, i`ll still hear the ping)

if it`s a new machine you should deffo have some software with it ? or at least a hidden partition holding the factory install, as for the music, there are a couple of options ranging from dragging them onto a second drive, to backing them up onto dvd (doesn`t take as long as it sounds, i recently dvd`d over a terabyte :/ )

done it last week hears what i had to do: Turn on pc, during boot a blue bar with www.Dell.com appears across the top of the screen, you`ve got to be quick.
when you see it press <Ctrl><F11> if you don`t catch it go through to the windows page and then click restart and try again,
when you reach the page you`re after press Restore, then Confirm.

if you have a TAG number that came with your pc, go to DELL support page and you can download the owners manual for your pc.

Cheers Mick

cool.. im doing it tonight .. hope it runs smoothly...

cheers guys

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when you reach the page you`re after press Restore, then Confirm

i reache d the page after pressing alt F11 which said floppy drive not present F1 to restart or F2 to enter setup menu..

thats it.. what now?

If you have a look at my post you`ll see where you went wrong?,
Try Ctrl>F11> and you might come to a new page.
Also you might like to get rid of the stuff that Dell bundle with there pc`s that nobody asks for or wants, try this it`s called PC-Decrapifier-1.7 just Google it!!!.
Cheers Mick :/

This item was edited on Thursday, 22nd February 2007, 13:24

sorry i meant ctrl.

decrapifier!!