-=PCTechTalk=- Re: " Situation Now All Fowled Up "

Is the Dell cd labeled "recovery"?  If so, you should be able to pop it in
the pc (even though you've wiped the hard drive) and have it reinstall like
the first time you attempted this, but hopefully with no hang..
Terry


On 1/28/07, mytoybox1@xxxxxxxxxxx <mytoybox1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hiya ... I writing this from my mail account using NetZero dial-up ...
> yoike`s is it slow compared to the DSL that I have been using ( groan ) .
> Anyway`s ... I had several strange thing`s occuring with my XP Home
> operating system on my Dell Inspiration 2400 ... so I decided to try a
> re-install of Windows XP ... using the instruction`s that I saw on Fred
> Langlas site .
>
> I put the OEM Reinstallation CD that came with my computer into the CD
> drive and it booted up ... and informed me that the total installation would
> take about 51 minute`s ... so I brought over some cookie`s and hot chocolate
> and pressed ( Install ) .
>
> It was going pretty good although I was not given the " Press R " choice
> ... and it proceeded to install Windows XP over my old origional XP system .
>
> I got to the last 7 minute`s of the install and was asked if I wanted to
> register and re-enter the internet accessability ... and I pressed " Yes "
> ... I should have chosen " No " but I did`nt ( dummy me ) .
>
> It asked me for my registration information ... which I entered then
> pressed " Next " ... then it just hung up and refused to budge ... I waited
> for 30 minute`s ... and nothing ... so I shut the PC off waited for 30
> second`s and powered back up with the Windows Re-Intall disk still in the CD
> drive ... it was still hung up ... so I shut the machine off and called Dell
> Tech Support .
>
> I got a female and male support staffer`s whom I could not understand ...
> so I thank`d each one of them and hung up and redialed the support number
> ... and finally got a nice male whom I could understand ... although I could
> tell that he was a bit perturbed that I had gotten myself into this
> situation ( another groan ) .
>
> I was told that I should have first installed the " Drivers and Utilities
> " from the CD ... no where in the operating instruction manual does it
> mention this proceedure ... nor does it even mention how to re-install
> Windows should it ever fail ( pout ) .
>
> So I thanked him for trying to help and hung up .
>
> I got to thinking that I still have this IBM back up PC to make a floppy
> of the " Eraser " program to erase everything on the Dell hard drive
> overwritten with 1`s and 0`s to give me a new start ... also I can make a
> floppy of the Boot disk from the Windows XP system to use on the Dell to
> give me the necessary file`s to accept the re-installation CD for the Dell .
>
> I also have a full version installation Window XP-sp2 CD that I bought for
> the IBM back-up PC when I changed it from Windows Melenieum (sp?) to Windows
> XP ... could I use it to re-install Windows XP on the Dell and then use the
> Dell re-install disk to install over that installation so as not to violate
> the Microsoft Users License Agreement against using the same disk on two
> different machine`s ?
>
> Sorry that this mail is so lengthly ... " I have never been known for my
> brevity " ( grin ) .
>
> LiL OL Me
>
> Teri Lee


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