Format or Re-Install XP (Oh My God)

[caravel]

Don't need to make yourself any clearer, I understood this Days ago

Sorry but if you understood days ago, then why are you still totally unsure and asking the same questions, after the whole process has been explained time and again? You reject advice and believe that you need to format, then you return here because you don't know how to format an HDD. If you have no clue as to booting from the WinXP CDROM or formatting an HDD, then I would advise you again to seek the assistance of a professional.

I give up. No Idea at all how to format my comp. Abousltey No Bloody Idea how. Yea got my Xp Disc, but I can't seem to boot it up, from the Disc. I can't re-install it, won't work there ethier, don't got a clear set of directions, Xp directions are confusing enough.

Well... Again, you "understood", "days ago" yet you have "no Idea at all how to format" your HDD.

You need to place the WinXP CDROM in your CDROM drive and reboot your PC. When your initial boot splash screen appears you will need to hit either DEL or F2, depending on which type of BIOS you have, to enter the CMOS setup. You then need to go to, usually, the 'BIOS features' menu and alter the boot sequence. Changing options is usually done via the page up/page down keys or the +/- keys. Your BIOS will tell you near the bottom of the screen. You need to place the CDROM device at the top of the list, which may looK something like this.

IDE0
CDROM
DISABLED
DISABLED

You will need to change it to look like this:

CDROM
IDE0
DISABLED
DISABLED

Then you need to exit saving changes. The system will then boot from the WinXP CDROM. A message will appear "Hit any key to boot from the CDROM..." or something to that affect. Do so. The WinXP setup will launch, you will see a blue screen with device drivers loading across the bottom. Wait until this finishes then you will see the options. You need to format the entire partition in NTFS and install WinXP.

Before you do that though, you need to download Windows XP service pack 2 and burn it onto a CDR. As soon as your clean XP installation is finished you'll need to install that before you connect to the internet. If your WinXP CDROM has already got SP2 integrated then disregard the above.