How do I make a clean installation on Windows XP / Dell Dimension 3000?

December 11, 2009

I want to make a clean installation on Windows XP using a Dell Dimension 3000. It came with an installation disc. I accepted the license agreement, and chose the option to create a clean installation. Now I am on the part where I could choose a certain partition to make a clean installation on.

-: Partition 1 (FAT) 47 MB (39 MB free)
C: Partition 2 (NTFS) 34507 MB (6494 MB free)
F: Partition 3 (FAT32) 3585 MB (708 MB free)

I chose drive C the last time and it did NOT make a clean installation. If I choose drive C, I am afraid it will not make a clean installation. What should I do, and what drive should I choose?
When I chose partition 2: C, all my previous files were still there, so it was NOT a clean installation.
If I delete partition 2: Drive C, it will not let me do so, because a part of the drive is needed to make an installation of Windows.
I want to use drive C for a clean installation, but how can I do it?

When i run my registry cleaner i always get the same errors?

November 20, 2009

Most of the errors are on Drive C: and they always are windows shortcuts. Why are there so many errors for windows shortcuts on my hard drive? Thanks.

Can I perform a clean install of Windows XP with my installation source from Drive D (Hard disk Partition)?

November 1, 2009

I want to reformat my system..all data in the hard drive cleared, in short…clean install. However, my CD-ROM drive is corrupted and I can’t install Windows using a bootable CD. Fortunately, I copied the entire CD to my hard disk as back up, and now I want to reinstall Windows XP, can I copy the setup files to drive D(secondary HDD partition), run setup.exe and then choose clean install? Are the data in drive D won;t be cleared also if I choose clean install? Remember, I will install Windows XP in drive C.

how to solve could not open the key:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID…?

August 30, 2009

hi i am suffering this problem from one week actaully i am installing nokia pc suite n when it goes to 80% the error appear like this
could not open the key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID…
and i tried lot of registry repair softwares like TuneUp Utilities 2007,Registry Mechanic,easy cleaner etc but no solution and i also apply the microsoft method and some others methods which are in the following links
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/912996/en-us
http://www.aspdeveloper.net/Virtual_Server_2005/rn-738-10822_1402_error_on_install.aspx
http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=170&message.id=148774

and i asked from one computer expert he said there is no solution for this problem only reinstall windows but i cant do that coz i have lot of important softwares and important data in my drive c: plz plz give me a 100% working solution for this problem i will very thankful to you
waitin….