win xp

[crear]

ok can i reistall xp on my compaq 6320 . all i have is the sysytem restore disk.

 

[Lordmord]

You could but then you would have to install all of the new hard drive that you add before either the purchase or installation.

 

[crear]

what do u mean?

 

[Trizoy]

Save everything you want to save on a cd.. or backup hd... Restart the computer.. Press f2 to go into bios.. Change the boot order to boot form cd first.
Restart and pop in the disk and follow directions. Easy!

 

[crear]

I would save it onto a cd but the virus just shuts the comp off with a 60 sec countdown

 

[computerhakk]

is that the problem? u probably got the blaster worm.

if u want you can try removing it first if u have doubts in formatting..

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.blaster.worm.removal.tool.html and download the tool
http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/blast.mspx

 

[crear]

ok i got it to safe mode system restore somehow. now it boots win xp and then when i got into my user name its fine. but then i try finding the new drive i installed and its not there. what do i do?