simple1

thank you everyone but i am going to install a fresh windows xp on to my computer but before i do that can anyone give mi any advise on what i should do to make it all good after i install windows xp and what frivers should i install please help me i dont want this to happen anymore. I decided to install a fresh windows xp professional on to my computer because when i try to copy video files from my new digital camcorder it always freeze my computer so please tell me what to do.

simple1

another thing to add is that i have install windows xp professional on to my computer about 3 or 4 times now and i notice that it the performaces gets slower and slower each time please help aswell. Thank You

hackapelite

Did you reformat before each install? If you didn't something could be building up & slowing your comp down... this is purely a guess.

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simple1

so if i refomat then nothing will happen ? and can you tell me more what to get for it after the installation is finished

imsati

My first thought too upon reading Posts 11&12.

During the XP Setup area, you'll have the chance to format the HDD - do it! If you kept on installing without formatting in the past, you've just found the problem With a format, all info on the HDD will be wiped away and a clean installation really will be 'clean'.

After you format and install Windows (its a very self-explanatory process with on-screen instructions at each step to tell you what to do and what the computer is doing afterwards), you will need to install your MoBo drivers (did the person you purchased it from include the MoBo CD?). If they did, then all is good, if not, you would have to see if they could ship it to you ASAP, or find out your MoBo model, download drivers at another computer and burnt them to CD to install on the new one.

Assuming you have the driver problem taken care of, after that you will need to make sure everything is updated and reinstall your software. My personal preference for taking care of that is this;

1 - Install Virus protection
2 - Install Firefox
3 - Visit Windows Update and let it go to town until finished (takes a few trips to the WU site due to some restarts)

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simple1

imsati, What a good time of help! Thank You I am Goin to do everything as what u told me to do but i want to know one thing is that what is a MoBo ? i got a someting that shipped with the computer which is a CD say AMD-nVIDIA is that what you talkin about ? Thank You!

simple1

one more thing if you download torrents then can you please find a good version of windows xp professional for me to download. Thank You

imsati

MoBo = Motherboard

I'll bet the CD you have is the one with the drivers on it for your motherboard. If you have another working computer, you can put it in the CD drive and browse through it. If it tries to auto-launch on that system and says it's the wrong hardware, then you should be good-to-go on the system you just bought. When windows is installed, it will have very basic, generic drivers so you can use the basic hardware (mouse, keyboard, monitor), so even if you don't have the specific drivers available, you can still use a basic OS. The driver CD that comes with the motherboard will have all the USB 2.0, chipset, LAN, etc.

Regarding torrents, I can't help you with that one, I'm afraid.

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StrangleHold

Like said above if you have the driver CD that came with it install them after you install windows, if its not the driver CD just let us know the make and model of the motherboard/video card and so on and we can find the drivers. And by the way this time when you install windows, delete the partition- create a new one- format and do a clean install.

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simple1

yea its the drivers CD