reinstalling XP

peter449 · 07-30-2007, 09:13 PM

i have Xp right now, and i lost some drivier due to a virus attack (most likely), and i can't find drivers that will work, so thinking about reinstalling windows, say if i want to keep my old files, just reinstall windows and its drivers(just drivers acctually), can this be done, if so, how?
TIA

Trizoy · 07-30-2007, 09:41 PM

You would save the files, and reformat the drive, the re-input your files where you want them.

peter449 · 07-30-2007, 09:55 PM

soooo, every time u reinstall windows, teh disk reformats?

PC eye · 07-30-2007, 09:58 PM

If there was any virus attack the first thing to do there before backing up and reinfecting the system with any contaminated files would be to run a full sweep of the system with one or more antivirus tools. Any files found infected would have to be deleted not backed up. System files can sometimes be simply overwritten by expanding a fresh copy from the installation disk.

If scans are run and no virus is found the fast and much easier way to correct any serious problems with XP would be a repair install. The step by step instructions for that are seen in the article at http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

asdfguy · 08-01-2007, 10:36 PM

Unless I'm missing something, I just want to throw this out there....If you're doing this all because you lost a driver and can't find the one you want, re-installing XP won't fix that (well, it might depending on what driver you need - but thats a hell of a way to install a driver), you're still gonna need the driver you're looking for. Or am I missing something? What's the driver for?

PC eye · 08-02-2007, 01:54 AM

No problem throwing that in since knowing if the driver is an XP, software, or device driver would make a big difference.

07-30-2007, 09:13 PM	#1 (permalink)
peter449 New Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 11	reinstalling XP i have Xp right now, and i lost some drivier due to a virus attack (most likely), and i can't find drivers that will work, so thinking about reinstalling windows, say if i want to keep my old files, just reinstall windows and its drivers(just drivers acctually), can this be done, if so, how? TIA

07-30-2007, 09:41 PM	#2 (permalink)
Trizoy VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Campbell, Ca Posts: 4,650	You would save the files, and reformat the drive, the re-input your files where you want them. __________________ 01100110 01100001 01110010 01110100

07-30-2007, 09:58 PM	#4 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,279	If there was any virus attack the first thing to do there before backing up and reinfecting the system with any contaminated files would be to run a full sweep of the system with one or more antivirus tools. Any files found infected would have to be deleted not backed up. System files can sometimes be simply overwritten by expanding a fresh copy from the installation disk. If scans are run and no virus is found the fast and much easier way to correct any serious problems with XP would be a repair install. The step by step instructions for that are seen in the article at http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm __________________ Turning the Tongue into a Device Controller http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Sma...ory?id=5647175 Is EBay going out of the Auction Business? http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=5626840&page=1

08-01-2007, 10:36 PM	#5 (permalink)
asdfguy Silver Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 151	Unless I'm missing something, I just want to throw this out there....If you're doing this all because you lost a driver and can't find the one you want, re-installing XP won't fix that (well, it might depending on what driver you need - but thats a hell of a way to install a driver), you're still gonna need the driver you're looking for. Or am I missing something? What's the driver for? __________________ AMD X2 64 4400+ ASUS A8N SLI e-GeForce 6800 GS 256MB 2 Gig Corsair XMS3200 Creative Audigy Antec 550 Truepower 2.0 Vista Ultimate

08-02-2007, 01:54 AM	#6 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,279	No problem throwing that in since knowing if the driver is an XP, software, or device driver would make a big difference. __________________ Turning the Tongue into a Device Controller http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Sma...ory?id=5647175 Is EBay going out of the Auction Business? http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=5626840&page=1

07-30-2007, 09:55 PM	#3 (permalink)
peter449 New Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 11	soooo, every time u reinstall windows, teh disk reformats?

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