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Subject:	Re: Reinstalling Windows XP & Formating your Hard Drive
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.geek
Date:	Sun, 7 Dec 2003 02:01:38 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Ahui Herrera wrote:

Installing XP:

1) Highlight the “Unpartitioned Space” and Press enter.

2) You will then be asked to choose a file system to reformat your hard drive to. You want to choose NTFS without the “(quickformat)” next to it, It should be the third choice.

3) After that just follow the prompts, and let your computer reformat when its done it will reboot itself and then just hang around for any additional prompts (there should be like 2 or 3 during the installation).

4) It will reboot after its done with the installation and then you will be able to begin using Windows XP.

4a) Go to Windows Update to download all the latest updates. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT! Install at least all the critical updates, as these fix vulnerabilities exploited by many worms.

5) Sit back and enjoy the freedom and stability that is Windows XP.

ROSCO

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		Re: Reinstalling Windows XP & Formating your Hard Drive
(...) One more tid bit I'd like to add: turn on the firewall program XP comes with!! It's basic but it's something until you load a better one. Zone Alarm is my choice and it's free at Download.com ((URL) to get Zone Alarm) 1.) Open Network (...) (21 years ago, 7-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)

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		Reinstalling Windows XP & Formating your Hard Drive
Today I have the wonderfull pleasure of having to reinstall Windows XP on my laptop. Don't ask why, I don't want to talk about it... =( In any case, begin that I don't reinstall Windows that often I had some trouble remembering how and all the stuff (...) (21 years ago, 6-Dec-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)

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