Author Topic: reienstalled xp but now it wont take updates? (Read 328 times)

rogerdee · « **on:** January 14, 2008, 10:25:01 AM »

hi guys had to reienstal xphome on my pc but now it will down load the updates but cannot install them

any ideas what i need to do?

Gunthr · « **Reply #1 on:** January 14, 2008, 01:49:03 PM »

validate your copy (just guessing)

rogerdee · « **Reply #2 on:** January 14, 2008, 05:14:09 PM »

been ther done that:rolleyes:

MrRiplEy[H] · « **Reply #3 on:** January 14, 2008, 11:21:48 PM »

Try resetting ownership on your whole harddrive. If you installed 'over' the old install you may have system files under 'old' ownership and they refuse to work.

Tigger29 · « **Reply #4 on:** January 15, 2008, 04:22:27 PM »

Whenever I reinstall, I always back up all my data on another media (another hard drive, or USB thumb drive, or CDROM.. or even via local network onto another computer).

Then I clear the partitions, and create new partitions from the XP install. Otherwise, it installs the new windows over the old and causes all kinds of goofiness, such as this.

OOZ662 · « **Reply #5 on:** January 18, 2008, 11:09:18 PM »

A better way is splitting the drive into two partitions, C:\ and D:\

C:\ is 15GB and gets all the stuff that can go wonky including the OS, your antivirus or firewall, and all the stuff that should be reinstalled on a reinstall like drivers and such.

D:\ is the rest of the drive and contains your program files, documents, music, ect.

When you go to redo Windows, delete the C:\ partition, create a new one over it, and format. You'll have to deal with some programs no longer working and such, but you keep all of your data and settings without having to back them up.