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27-11-2005, 23:45

Best advise, go for the reformat option using the recovery cd.
If you buy a full OEM version of XP (home or Pro) it can be tricky to remove the partition that the recovery CD sometimes uses (I know my Packard Bell Imedia 1517, bought from PC world) came with only a recovery partition, which is supposed to restore to factory levels.
I bought XP home cd, but the way the makers installed the partition, made it very difficult to remove, as the partition was not in NTFS or DOS, and therefore, not recognised by the XP home installation CD.
Removed it the hard way in the end, using FDISK via win.98SE startup floppy.
If you need this approach, I can advise further.
The system runs perfectly now, and is free of the pre-installed rubbish the PC makers think we need.
Once you do this re-installation, the registry will be 100% OK and fresh.

27-11-2005, 23:45	#9
atlantis Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Slow pc....crawling. Best advise, go for the reformat option using the recovery cd. If you buy a full OEM version of XP (home or Pro) it can be tricky to remove the partition that the recovery CD sometimes uses (I know my Packard Bell Imedia 1517, bought from PC world) came with only a recovery partition, which is supposed to restore to factory levels. I bought XP home cd, but the way the makers installed the partition, made it very difficult to remove, as the partition was not in NTFS or DOS, and therefore, not recognised by the XP home installation CD. Removed it the hard way in the end, using FDISK via win.98SE startup floppy. If you need this approach, I can advise further. The system runs perfectly now, and is free of the pre-installed rubbish the PC makers think we need. Once you do this re-installation, the registry will be 100% OK and fresh.