Off-Topic, XP Reinstall

Brett Hamann brett at consumersbeverages.com
Tue Oct 19 16:01:49 EDT 2004


----- Original Message -----
From: "Kenneth Lawson" <kennethlawson2000 at yahoo.com>
To: <nflug at nflug.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 2:54 PM
Subject: Off-Topic, XP Reinstall


> Hello;
>
>    I know this is a linux user group but I have a windows
> question/problems, and really don't know anyone who knows more them me
> about windows to ask. (I live in Allegheny Country, in the country)
>
>      The question is this, I reinstalled xp last week  I seem to have
> everything up and going ok but I also seem to have two copies of XP on
> my hd.when I boot I get a menu asking which one I want to use. I'm
> using the first one. I tried the second one and it wanted to regeisitor
> that copy of xp. So I backed out and restarted with the first copy. Do
> I need to reinstall everything again or what? Also I apparently didn't
> get the audio drivers or codecs installed because I don't have any
> sound on the machine at all, other then beeps. Also my Works 2000
> crashes the whole system, which never happened before.
>

It is very common that the Office (or Works) products need a good
reinstalling themselves after you upgrade or reinstall XP.

Your best bet is to install from scratch and delete the partition and
recreate it.

Brett






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