Reinstalled XP Pro with SP1 slipstreamed. Applied DX9b, Net framework & SP2, a few drivers. Then Office 2003 &, after that, all hotfixes that I saved in few directories where installed using a .cmd file contains for %%1 in do.
Restart and when I boot it states "A problem is ...

will it ask for my product key. during the setup process?

Somehow in doing our XP upgrade we ended up with the NTFS
on D:, retained our FAT on C: -- think we wanted to be
safe and not delete stuff.  But C: is large and D: is
small and I need space.  Should I do the convert to make

I just ghosted my brothers 4gb hd to a new 120gb Western Digital to replace
as his master. The ghost went fine and the system boots XP and everything
works. The problem is on every boot the XP install wizard detects the new
drive and wants to install it but it errors with " The ...

when you do a repair installation w/a windows xp cd
because you are missing a file, does that wipe out all
your data such as files & programs on the hard drive?

i need to format hard drive can someone tell now to do
this please

I JUST PURCHASED A NEW HP PC THAT IS CONFIGURED W/XP
HOME.  MY OLD PC HAS XP PRO.  I WANT TO INSTALL MY XP PRO
ONTO THE NEW PC.  CAN I INSTALL THE XP PRO ONTO THE NEW
PC AND GO THROUGH THE ACTIVATION PROCESS OR WILL I NEW TO

I am running XP Pro and my hard drive contains 3 equal
partitions of 2G.  Problem is, the boot drive is almost
full.  How do I collapse one of the partitions and add
space to the C: Drive?

Installed new hard drive.  Installed new out of box Windows
XP.  Installed updates to XP.  Installed Virus protection.
Got Nachi virus.  In removing virus it was necessary to
delete file:  C:\windows\system32\wins\DLLHOST.EXE.  During

I have had to repair a Windows XP Pro installation, but
although I have the key and proof of purchase for the
software I don't have the CD. To work around this I used
my own CD, but the license key was not accepted. Having

During Windows XP Home installation, it seems a new
account must be set up, which creates a new set of
folders along with it.  There are also similar sets of
folders for 'All Users' and 'Default User'.

I'm installing XP Pro on a Compaq 8844SE with a 250GB
Ultra-DMA Hard drive, XP reports only 131GB unpartitioned
space available to create partition in.
How do I get XP intallation program to recognize the drive

How can I change the registered name that I had used when
I registered for Microsoft Windows XP Home Products to
send me new updates, promotions, etc...
Thanks.

When I boot XP, it shows a brief menu showing Windows XP
and Windows as OS bootup options. I have gone into the  
advanced Startup and Recovery options and 1. Changed
the "Time to display list of Operating systems" to 0 and

I installed service pack 1.  I selected the option to
save my current configuration.  It did and as warned it
has eaten up a lot of my disk space.  How do I remove the
backup files?