I have windows XP. How do I clean my hard drive?

November 13, 2009

How do I clean my hard drive in using windows XP?

How can i stop my computer from freezing?

November 11, 2009

I am using windows XP pro, 512 RAM
It freezes during different points during startup & after awhile is would load without any windows services (ie. Help and Support, Wireless network connection)
I have reformatted the hard drive to reinstall windows xp, but it now freezes during the installation
Only things recently installed/cahnged: Registry cleaner installed & used and Party Poker

Undo XP Repair?

November 7, 2009

Hi. How do I uninstall an XP repair process that cannot be completed because I am misplaced the correct activation key to complete the process?

My laptop had been rather slow for a couple of weeks so I proceeded to defrag my hard drive when it suddenly took me to an error message indicating that the file "nostrolkrnl.exe" file was either corrupt or missing. I then replaced the file using the recovery console on an XP installation disk. This however took me to a "blue screen of death" (BSOD) message reading: "STOP: COOOO21a {fatal system error 0x00000000 0x00000000}. The session manager initiation system process terminated unexpectedly with a status of 0xc000026c".

At this point, I proceeded to fix my Windows by using the repair function in my XP Professional installation disk. However I was unable to complete the process as I lost the key (I didn’t think it would ask me for the key if only using the repair function). Please note that the installation disk I used to repair my window is not the original one for my laptop. I bought the laptop "used" with no accompanying disks. The laptop now is in a state where it only prompts me for the activation key (after the Windows splash screen) and does not offer me the option to uninstall this repair.

Please let me know if it is possible to uninstall this and/or (assuming it’s possible) how to repair the BSOD. The BSOD message doesn’t show now, but I figure it will if as soon as I am able to uninstall the repair.

Also note that my hard drive appears to be fine as it passed several tests using Techies Toolkit software.

Whats the best way to completely wipe clean my PC?

November 3, 2009

Ive been having problems with my computer and long story short, the only thing i think will solve the problem is completely erasing my entire OS and everything off my hard drive. What is the best way to do this without logging in to an account (part of the problem is not being able to log in period.) I use Windows XP.

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.