k within the last 2 days my windows system in total will not open
ANYTHING..im getting soo fustrated. im using windows xp pro but it isnt
genuine, i have the cd key for home edition (real) but i cant find the cd to
reinstall. windows.com wont help me at all cuz i cant find my ...

I have a clean box with no OS and I would like to make it dual boot between
2000 Server and XP Pro.  What do I need to do?
Thanks - Sean

for the following problem I need your help.
original setup: only one user account mit admin rights Guest account
deaktivated, no special admin account such that pc starts w/o showing
account selection screen.

Is it possible to install Windows XP operating system on a external USB hard
disk ? I don't want to carry out a clean installation on my existing internal
hard drive.  Assuming my laptop is capable of booting from a USB device,
would it be possible?  Do I need to change the setup ...

I just built a new system basics are P4 3.0 Ghz,ASUS MB,2x512 Sticks Crucial
Mem,Dual 160G Seagate Barracuda HD's,7800 GT Video Card,AcBel 500w
P.S.,Samsung LCD Monitor.  I've Got it all together run thru Bios to make
sure all my goodies are seen. I put in the XP Pro cd it satrts ...

We've had dial-up service until this morning and now switched to high speed
RoadRunner cable service.
I went to download XP SP2 (which I could never do with dial up) and about
half way through the installation, I get a pop up window that says ACCESS

I need to re-install Windows XP Pro to a couple of computers and I am not
very good at this, could someone tell me how do I format the computer to
start from scracth. I was told to format the drive.
Thank you in advance

I'm having a problem with the xp upgrade not recognizing that there's an os
"ME" already on the drive. It will let me do a clean install to that disk or
any other disk. When I do a clean install it runs okay, so there doesn't seem
to be any hardware problems. The ME is an OEM ...

I have Windows Server 2003 (Standard Edition) on the first partition of my hard disk.
Then I installed Windows XP onto an other partition. Now the boot loader shows them both.
Windows XP starts without problems, but when selecting Windows 2003, there is just a blank
screen with a ...

I just received a Sony Vaio laptop that has Windows ME on it. When I went to
load a trial version of XP on it, it said it could not be done. I'm not a
techie so am thinking the best way to handle it is to take it to a store in
my area and pay for this service.

I posted a question about recovering my backed up hard drive and did not get
any response.  I am trying to reinstall Windows XP Pro to a Seagate 80GB SATA
drive.  I cannot get Windows to format it.  I tried a new 200GB SATA drive I
had and same problem.  I don't have any new IDE ...

Hi, So I at first successfully upgraded my notebook from 98-XP since product
support ends on July 11 (otherwise 98 still worked fine) all seemed great in
XP but then after a reboot all I get are "One of your disks needs to be
checked for consistency”-then runs CHKDSK & says the ...

Fatal Error: Internal Setup Data Structures are Corrupted (phase 0)
This is a fresh install on all new drives... Install goes fine until
final re-boot and then I get this...
I've deleted my canister a few times, refreshed the drives each time

All of a sudden, without having changed any settings, when I start up the
computer it now wants me to select my user name from the Welcome screen.  I
don't have a password associated with this user name, and I am the sole user
of the computer.  I don't need to select myself every ...

How do I install Windows 98/Me after I've installed XP?
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_repair_9x.htm
[Courtesy of Doug Knox, MS-MVP]
The above mentioned webpage assumes that Windows XP is installed on drive