XPost: alt.windows-xp   
   From: bodron57@tiscali.co.uk   
      
   On 26/09/2011 21:21, John Williamson wrote:   
   > Pfsszxt@aol.com wrote:   
   >> On Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:23:56 +0100, John Williamson   
   >>  wrote:   
   >>> How up-to-date are your backups?   
   >>>   
   >> Very -- but none far enough back to precede the problems   
   >   
   > The reason for the data backups is to let you wipe Windows totally and   
   > then restore all your data when you've re-installed XP. You don't use   
   > them to restore Windows if the built in System Restore program hasn't   
   > worked.   
   >   
   >>> to a CD will let you mount a USB drive if the hardware's working.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   > Have you tried a Linux live CD yet? If not, then do so and report back.   
   >>   
   >>> Once your data's safe, then you can nuke XP using either a restore CD   
   >>> bought from Acer   
   >>   
   >> I have restore disks but that would install the original Win XP Pro   
   >> before SP1,2,3 etc.   
   >>   
   >  This is not a major problem. I have just had to do exactly   
   > this to an Asus EEE PC, starting with an upgrade copy of XP Home SP1.   
   > The Asus Windows re-install took about 5 hours in total, including   
   > finding and downloading the drivers from the Asus website. It now has a   
   > clean, faster installation of XP customised to suit my needs.   
   >   
   > You need to do a clean install of XP from your recovery discs, add any   
   > drivers you need and have available, install a security suite, and   
   > connect to the internet (In that order, this is important). Let XP   
   > connect to the Windows update site, enable automatic updates, and you   
   > will, sooner or later (A few hours with a decent broadband connection)   
   > and after a number of reboots, depending on how fast your internet   
   > connection is and how fast your computer is, have a fully up to date,   
   > virus and malware free, copy of XP SP3 installed. Then you can start   
   > re-installing your applications from the install media which you have,   
   > of course, carefully stored along with the activation keys.   
   >   
   > Alternatively, admit you've totally screwed up the system beyond your   
   > and our ability to restore and get your wife/ girlfriend/ significant   
   > other to take it to your local friendly computer store along with a   
   > credit or debit card and look sorry for themselves.   
   >   
    >   
      
   One mistake with that. SP1 and 2 are not supported anymore, so after   
   installing his antivirus prog, he'd have to download SP3 from Microsoft,   
   otherwise windows update will not work.   
      
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