I partitioned my laptop hardrive into Drive C: and Drive D:. I then
installed Windows XP on Drive C: and used Drive D: for my Data drive. Later
when I had to reinstall Windows XP, the options given me to install windows
was Drive D:, which used to be Drive C: and Drive C, which ...

I have a laptop with XP Pro on it.  It has a virus and lots of
problems, so I want to format and reinstall the OS.  I don't have a
recovery disk, but I do have the serial number of the Windows installed
on that computer.

i am uninstalling service pack 2 installed on windows xp professional
machine. The uninstallatin files exist in
c:\windows\$ntservicepackuninstall\... . but after completion of a file
remains in ..\$ntservicepackuninstall\spuninst\_000225_tmp.dll still exists

I THINK I REALLY MESSED UP MY COMPUTER.I AM NOT ABLE TO COPY,BURN CD'S OR
EVEN PLAY THEM ALSO IT SAYS IM OUT OF VIRTUAL MEMORY AND ITS SLOW CAN ANYONE
HELP ME FIX ALL THIS AND TEACH ME HOW TO TAKE CARE OF MY XP

i want programs to be installed on different drive other then my C: drive how
do i assign any program to install on my e: instead???????

So at some point I ran a windows update that failed. I restarted and the boot
screen came up and then the windows loading screen and then just a blank
screen with the cursor, and nothing else. I tried everything, safe mode, etc.
Eventually I decided to take out the harddrives, ...

Replaced only motherboard in EMachine T3104 after lightning damage.  It had
an FIC K8M-800M M/B and now has a Biostar K8M800-M7A; both have similar
chipset, etc.  Would not even allow me to log on.  OEM key of course would
not work as usuall so I entered the key on the COA.  ...

Due to a virus problem, I was attempting to reload the Windows XP OS on my
system.  I did something wrong and now have two copies of  XP loaded on my
system.  When the pc boots it asks me to choose an OS to use. How do I remove
one copy of Windows XP?

finally put in a larger HD (80g) that came with XP OEM (from JDR.Com)  
installed xp but now I want to download an answering machine program for my
house phone but now all the programs show that modem (usrobotix winfax ) not
voice capable.  was OK in win98   same hardware  except ...

My company has about 30 Dell laptops(all identical) that I am
responsible for setting up. There is no volume license each have there
own license key and have been preactivated. I have created an image
using Ghost 8.0 and Sysprep. I have mini-setup run on reboot to prompt

my windowsall of a sudden cannot be activated becasue i hav apparently
exceeded some kind of limit.
what should i do?
do i have to call a repand do a phone activation?

Just before my previous computer died I managed to use FASTwizard to save
files and settings to hard disk and then save the folder USMT2.UNC to a CD.  
My new computer will not recognise the folder from the CD nor after I add it
to hard disk so I have not been able to open the ...

I have a legal copy of Windows Media Version from my action pack. The machine
had been running fine.
Three days ago it decided something had changed and I would have to activate
again. After trying everything I could think of to get the machine to

Just received my new laptop (Dell XPS) and I would like to use the Files and
Settings Transfer Wizard to create a wizard disk. I do not have the Windows
XP CD. I see where there is the option of creating a wizard disk, but it will
not let me click there. I was hoping I could ...

I installed a second instance of XP on my laptop. I wish to remove the first
to free up space. How to do it? - John