As the topic says, I think that Win XP Pro should not delete all the
partitions from every
hard-drive when deleting a single partition from a double partition HD when
re-installing windows.

Can anyone help to explain or provide a solution to why Windows XP updates
fail?
One PC of several I use hasn't been updated since May 2005, no update has
been successfully installed since "Security Update for Windows XP

Is there a way to create a unattended install of WinXP on our systems that
also includes Office XP?
Where would I find information on how to create 1 CD or DVD that installs
both systems at once?  Or can it be done?

   I am facing a problem with WinXP Pro SP2 installation Boot Disk....
when I boot the PC with boot disk I am able to see the boot sequence
getting started and i get the messages saying something like "System
reading the current hardware in PC" and it hangs there for ever ....

Reinstall from gateway os win xp home cd.  This is the first time to use this
CD straight from the package so it should be good and clean.  Encountered a
few error messages then FATAL Error fffffe0b "The signature for windows xp
home edition upgrade is invalid.  The error code is ...

For some reason, I can't boot from CDs on my laptop. I can boot an
"Essential Boot" from floppy and read the XP cd in the CD drive.
I need to de-partition my hard drive and format it. Can't I boot from
floppy, then start the install with the program that formats etc. the hard

Hi all...
I just got a message saying I need to reactivate my XP Pro because my
hardware had changed so much since I activated it. Other than replacing a
hard drive and adding a graphics tablet, I don't think much else has changed

My son has a PC with XP Home pre-installed and a Recovery CD. I wanted to do
a clean install to start again. I chose a new install from the CD instead of
repair. I created a user name (mine) that was different from the old one
(son's). Everything has gone fine but the old user ...

This weekend I decided to upgrade my Windows ME home edition to XP home
edition. I have the following problems
Microsoft installer hangs when trying to install from he internet and hangs
the associated web page. I left it for a while then had to stop the process

Hi all
I had a recent problem with a HDD failure so I bought a new 160Gb HFD and
did a clean install.
I ran the WinXP pro upgrade disk and supplied the orignal WinXP home as

Long time XP user, first time sysprep user.
I'm running Windows XP Pro on a Dell Optiplex 400.
I am trying to create a standard base stand alone kiosk image.  I have 6
locations with 4 computers at each site and I want all 24 systems to look and

I'm re-installing XP, no repair, totally reinstalling it on my computer. When
I get to the partition section there are 2 Partitions the first one only has
like 31 mb used and 24 free. The second partition (which is... NTF? or
something I can't think of it right off the top of my ...

I Just wanted to know if it is possible for one to get a feel of XP
Professional on Windows 2000 professional edition . That is an XP
interface on 2000.
Regards ,

I want to install Windows XP and it is asking for third party Sata driver
from Floppy drive but I don;t have a Floppy Drive.
Can I use USB drive as Floppy Drive or is there any other solution to it.

I had to make the total recovery of the system, because pressing F8 I
couldn`t even get the safe mode, the restarting of the pc or the restoring to
a previous date, (the pc is now as when purchased). Doing so, I get windows
xp again and the starting desktop. But everytime I ...