XP reinstall problem

me1724

When I try to install XP from the Reinstallation CD i get the error "you chose to install windows xp on a partition that contains another operating system."
Does anyone know how to reinstall XP and get around this error messagge??

yuloni

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me1724

Ye I have everything i want saved on an external disk i just want the computer back to the way i got it.

yuloni

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me1724

ye it asks me where i want to install, there is 4 different options here. I move down to the c drive and try to install then get the error. Should i delete the c partition and then try it??

yuloni

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me1724

I think there is the option to delete ill have to wait until the morning to get back to try it, thanks for your help so far ill post in the morning how i get on deleting all the partitions.

yuloni

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me1724

Here is a picture of the existing partitions, What im doing is going down to c and pressing enter.

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me1724

and then im getting this error message, (sorry this one is hard to read)

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yuloni

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me1724

ah no bother i didnt have electricity for the last 2 hrs...

i tink there is just 1 harddrive, but iv never partitioned it tho... if i delete all 4 in the first picture can i then create one?? or will that make a balls of it...

yuloni

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me1724

ok thanks ill give that a shot... whats the advantage of having it partitioned?? do i need to set it up?

detonator1979

just delete the partitions that are there then format over them it's just picking up the previous install

yuloni

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me1724

Thanks for the help deleted them all and just created the one in their place...

Windows has now started back up, how do you know which driver to install from the drivers and utilities disk?? also there is nothing on my desktop screen now only the recycle bin, is this correct??

detonator1979

i find partitions handy on bigger drive 100-120gb for C:
300+ for storage etc put all your files in storage drive and create shorcuts to folders pop em in you windows ie: music>shorcut to music and always there in event of a crash just have to make shorcuts again after rebuild.

detonator1979

start>right click computer>properties>hardware>device manager whichever has yellow exclamation mark you can install the driver by right clicking on it just point towards disc and not use internet to find this can be handy if you want just the basic driver without extra software. you might have to open specific folder.

yuloni

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me1724

Ok im having some more problems, when i try to get into the device manager im getting a error saying "not enough quota available to process command" ye know anything about this??