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"Jim" wrote in message

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> how do i reformat my puter i have the dick to reenstall




You follow the prompts on the screen (while checking the spelling of your

posts . . .)
 
Why do you have to "reenstall" your dick?



HOW TO do a clean install of WinXP: See

http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html#steps and/or Method 1 in

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/978307



After the clean install, you will have the equivalent of a "new computer" so

take care of everything on the following page before otherwise connecting

the machine to the internet or a local network (i.e., other computers) and

before using a flash drive or SDCard that isn't brand-new or hasn't been

freshly formatted:



4 steps to help protect your new computer before you go online

http://www.microsoft.com/security/pypc.aspx



Other helpful references include:



HOW TO get a computer running WinXP Gold (no Service Packs) fully patched

(after a clean install)

http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsupdate/msg/3f5afa8ed33e121c



HOW TO get a computer running WinXP SP1(a) or SP2 fully patched (after a

clean install)

http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/msg/a066ae41add7dd2b



Tip: After getting the computer fully-patched, download/install KB971029

manually: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971029



NB: Any Norton or McAfee free-trial that came preinstalled on the computer

when you bought it will be reinstalled (but invalid) when Windows is

reinstalled. You MUST uninstall the free-trial and download/run the

appropriate removal tool before installing any updates, Windows Service

Packs or IE upgrades and before installing your new anti-virus application

(which will require WinXP SP3 to be installed).



Norton Removal Tool

ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/removal_tools/Norton_Removal_Tool.exe



McAfee Consumer Products Removal Tool

http://download.mcafee.com/products/licensed/cust_support_patches/MCPR.exe



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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)

MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002





Jim wrote:

> how do i reformat my puter i have the dick to reenstall
 
On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 19:07:01 -0700, Jim

wrote:



>how do i reformat my puter i have the dick to reenstall




Why do you want to format ?
 
Reformat your 'puter????? To what?

"Jim" wrote in message

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> how do i reformat my puter i have the dick to reenstall
 
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> Reformat your 'puter????? To what?

> "Jim" wrote in message

> news:CF4A99AB-9AAE-4303-A0A3-FBB3F7D2F404@microsoft.com...

>> how do i reformat my puter i have the dick to reenstall




To reenstall his dick, silly...

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If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you."
 
Jim wrote:

> how do i reformat my puter i have the dick to reenstall






All legitimate WinXP installation CDs are bootable and have the

capability of deleting, creating, and formatting partitions.



Simply boot from the WinXP installation CD. You'll be offered the

opportunity to delete, create, and format partitions as part of the

installation process. (You may need to re-arrange the order of boot

devices in the PC's BIOS to boot from the CD.)



HOW TO Install Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;316941



http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html



http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm





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safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin



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