[access-uk] Re: XP AND FORMATTING
- From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 10:19:17 +0100
Hi Joe,
In that case, she will indeed lose all data, so if there is
anything she needs, now would be a good time to copy it to
CD or floppy.
First, disconnect from the Internet. In other words remove
any cables that connect to the outside world.
The next hurdle is to go into the PC's BIOS and change it
such that the PC boots up off the CD drive. Unfortunately,
this is a process which cannot be done with speech, nor can
I give you specific instructions on doing it, since BIOSs
are many and varied.
Given that you can achieve that, with the XP CD in the CD
drive, you then power the system up. There will be a brief
display telling you to press any key to boot off the CD,
which of course you must do.
If you follow the prompts, which are quite logical and
mostly common sense, you will arrive at a point where is
asks you if you wish to create a completely new formatted
system, and additionally it will ask you about partitioning
the drive, and whether or not you wish the format to be
NTFS. =20
I strongly recommend you use NTFS unless there is very good
reason not to. This format is intended for these larger
drives. If you do have some very old programs you must have
access to, then it is better to create two partition, one
being relatively small, for the older material.
Aside from the fact that you have no speech during all this,
the process is fairly straightforward.
Once complete, the system will probably be barking at you to
register and activate. Hold on though. Turn on XP's
firewall, and if you have one, install anti-virus software.
That's important.
Now you can go back on to the Internet, though you will
obviously have to set up your connections first.
Before you do anything else, I very strongly recommend you
go straight to the Microsoft Windows Update process, and
download ALL Critical Updates. This will plug a number of
security holes in the system. You may even get Service Pack
2 at this point, so be prepared for a hefty download.
Once you've done that, again make sure your anti-virus
definitions are up to date.
Hopefully you'll be able to proceed at a more leisurely pace
from there.
This is a rather basic summary, but hopefully will get you
there.
All the best,
George.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=20
> [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of joe hunter
> Sent: 17 September 2004 09:28
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: XP AND FORMATTING
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> hello george
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> it has only one hard driveat forty gigs.
> thanks.
> joeAt 08:04 PM 9/16/04, you wrote:
> >Hi Joe,
> >
> >You don't say if this is an additional hard drive, or if
it=20
> is the ONLY=20
> >drive in the system.
> >
> >Tell us which, and I'll try to go through it.
> >
> >George.=3D20
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=3D20
> > > [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of joe
hunter
> > > Sent: 16 September 2004 18:41
> > > To: ACCESS-UK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: [access-uk] XP AND FORMATTING =3D20 hELLO ALL,
=3D20 MY=20
> > >DAUGHTER WANTS ME TO FORMAT HER HD WHICH IS 40 GIGS. I
> >
> > > KNOW NOTHING ABOUT XP HOME EDISION WHICH IS THE OS SHE
IS
> >USING.
> > >=3D20
> > > IS THE RUN DIALOG THE SAME AS 98 SE OR DIFFERENT.
> > >=3D20
> > > I HAVE WARNED HER THAT SHE WILL LOOSE ALL HER DATA AND
> >SHOULD=3D20
> > > BACK UP WHERE NECESSARY.
> > >=3D20
> > > STEP BY STEP PLEASE.
> > > THANKS.
> > > JOE.=3D20
> > >=3D20
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