How Do You Rebuild A Windows XP PC?
• Reboot the system & change the BIOS (typically you can enter the bios by pressing F7) to boot from CDROM as the first boot device. • Reboot with the Windows XP CD. • Delete the partition with the OS to ensure that everything is wiped out. • Create a partition for the OS. • Quick format to create the file system. Choose NTFS as the file system. • Reboot. Do not choose option to boot from CD. • Set the date and time. • Set the workgroup to be HOME. • Install Windows ($$$). • Reboot. Once again, choose not to boot from the CD. • Remove the CD – you should be in Windows now. • Rename C:\Windows\System32\wpa.dbl to C:\Windows\System32\wpa.dbl.old (see previous section for the rationale – this may not apply to you). • Copy the old wpa.dbl to C:\Windows\System32 (see previous section for the rationale – this may not apply to you). • Reboot to ensure that this works. • Reboot the system and change the BIOS to boot from IDE0 first and the CDROM last. • Install your firewall software. It is ve
