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Xugaa Posts: > 500

hi, i bought a ready made packard bell computer a few months back that i have since customised inside like graphics/ram etc. i have run into a few problems and also i want to switch hard drives around, and really i just want to start from scratch again, like when i first bought it. after buying it i had a packard bell set up thing running that would set me up for internet and email etc. i bought this computer brand new from pc world and it came with windows xp ready installed on it etc.

now because of this i do not have the windows xp installation cd's... so my question is, can i still start from scratch and everything, with xp starting again with packard bell set ups and me being able to begin again fresh, without the xp cd/s? if so how do i begin this, i know i will need to back up my document files and such, where do i look on the pc to do this and start afresh?

thanks very very very much for any help.

[ This Message was edited by: Xugaa on 2006-03-26 14:40 ]
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Posted: 2006-03-26 15:18:55
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nicv27 Posts: > 500

i have just done this on my packard bell as i picked up a virus from limewire or somewhere i also run xp.
All i did was perform a system recovery and everything is fine now

Hope this helps
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Posted: 2006-03-26 15:54:26
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deluded Posts: > 500

Yup, if you have th recovery discs, which should come with your computer, you can do a system recovery. Basically it's the same as formatting your hard-disk and reinstalling windows. This message was posted from a Nokia
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Posted: 2006-03-26 16:02:00
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Xugaa Posts: > 500

no, mine didn't come with any recovery discs or any windows xp discs... but i think i have figured it now, all seems right again.

thanks anyway

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Posted: 2006-03-26 21:38:41
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deluded Posts: > 500

Oh, so what did you do? I'm curious to know how to do a clean install without the discs. This message was posted from a Nokia
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Posted: 2006-03-27 01:16:37
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thami Posts: 169

Thats imposable.Hhe probably done a restore piont.
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Posted: 2006-03-27 01:21:43
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jagger2k Posts: > 500

the restore disks are saved on a partition on the hard drive. there should be an option called master disk creator which will burin these files on dvd and delete them on the hard drive.
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Posted: 2006-03-27 13:23:55
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Xugaa Posts: > 500

i don't have any discs and i didn't do a restore point. i also tried to delete the partition of my hard drive, but it formatted everything, and i lost my stuff plus the windows files, only the control panel and my wallpaper remained lol

i thought i would have to take it in to get it repaired, but i found something in the manual, and it started a clean install, NOT a restore point, i got to do all the packard bell and xp set up again, like the computer and owner name etc... got lucky there phew.
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Posted: 2006-03-28 01:09:07
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deluded Posts: > 500

That sounds really interesting. And yeah, i think reading the manual was a good move. Hmm... I'll try to go check it out when i get home. Might be a useful piece of info the next time i try to wipe out my hard disk. Heh...
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Posted: 2006-03-28 06:47:00
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