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alykhalil
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I have a situation which i dont seem to be able to tackle and need advice from you please. Since my partner's computer was very slow and a virus was found she decided that she shud reinstall windows xp. The PC has 2 drives c: where windows was initially installed and D: which was for backing up files & data. She tried reinstalling windows xp through the cd, all done but after i checked the system, the virus was still there, all the data on D: was gone (which wasnt a problem) and windows xp was installed on both C & D drives.
Now, 1st, i do not know if the windows xp is running from C: or D: so from my computer which drive do i format ?
2nd...i did try to format the D: but it says it has some important files for windows to run and cannot be formatted...same says with C:...
pls advice...
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RichieP
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If you're not bothered about losing data you need to start over.
Boot from the CD and select to set up Windows.
It will look for installed versions and show the 2 versions installed.
Delete both partitions and it will just show you one partition.
Now you can divide the one remaining partition again into 2 partitions, chossing whatever size you like.
Set up Windows on C: and leave the other partition unformatted.
Once Windows is installed, go into Disk Management (right-click My Computer > Manage) and format the spare unallocated partition, giving it a letter)
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alykhalil
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you sure it will allow me to delete both partitions (since both have wondows on it)...coz i THINK over the years..it has given me a message that this is the main partition & you cannot delete it...or something like that...no worries will try that...cheers ...will try the remaining what you mentioned and will keep all updated...
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RichieP
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It will warn you but you can still do it.
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