HELP!!Reformatting and new OS????????

[salkam]

Hey guys.. I WAS JUST IN a deep problem ..i have windows ME..and ass you all know IT SUX!! So i am trying to put in windows XP. With windows ME ..my comp is freezing continuously..in one sitting it would freeze 5 times..i certainly can not watch any movies... anyways someone told me to chage the fan..so i did..and i changed the video card and power supply too..but it DOES NOT WORK!!. okay itsnt the memory and it isnt a freakin virus so that only leaves one conclusion..the Operarting Sysytem.

I was wondering../..if someone could write down a step by step guide to reformatting my hard drive and than putting..windows XP on it. I already have Windows Xp sitting at home..i just need to know how to reformatt and than put a new OS on it?? CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME!!??
THANKS guys...wish you all can help!!

SALKAM!!

[jeex]

step 1, turn off computer

step 2, turn on computer

step 3, check bios to make sure you can boot off cd-rom drive, if so, set it to boot first

step 4, insert windows xp cd

step 5, boot up off windows xp cd

step 6, follow steps in setup to format your harddrive

and a couple of suggestions, back up any important data you have (documents, mp3's, movies, porn) & if you have multiple harddrives, unplug them except the primary master..

good luck

[salkam]

I am backing up my Cds for the past 2 wks since i had 60 of 64 gigs used up[. BUT ITS HARD WHEN my COMP freezes all the time (iv wasted like 10 cds)!!!!!!!!

I am still confused about step 3..how do i check my bios??..thanx very much for the info ...but can you expand just a lil?? so your saying i should reformatt after I put XP on it?? I only have one hard drive. I have a compaq i bought it 2 yrs ago.

HELP?>
Thanks

[jeex]

it kinda sounds like it might be your harddrive going out..

you might try pulling your harddrive and putting it on a friends computer and seeing if it will let you copy the data from drive to drive

when your computer first starts up (you may have to press escape to see this), it should indicate a key you need to push F2, DEL, F10 to enter bios or setup..

inside there you should see something along the lines of boot sequence or boot priority.. set your CD-ROM to be first so that you can boot up off the xp cd.

and yes, the xp cd will let you format your harddrive.

[salkam]

thanks Jeex ...you were a great help..if i do this within two or so ..i will let you know what it was...i guess your right..it could be my hard drive..i really do not know how to check it..i guess i wil have the compouter repair people that did my fan video card and power supply have a look at the hard drive..should have they done that already/...!!??? shouldnt they have run a diagnostics on it..cant they tell??

Anyways..thanx man..

[jeex]

well, they might run diagnostics on it.. but if you can, see if they can recover your data for you from the drive and then put it back on your drive after they've checked it out... or the new harddrive you may have to purchase..

[Faustus]

DO you check for spyware often and clean out your startup items? I do tech support and 99% of lockup problems are caused by those things. HP Printer software can sometimes just up and decide to take up all the system resources and lock you machine... even when NOT printing... spyware has a way of finding it way onto even the most vigilant persons drive now and again... so if a reinstall fixes the problems and then they seem to come back its likely a problem with something loaded onto the box itself causing the problem....

If you ask me, and I've been doing this for almost 8 years 80% of all hardware repairs done by major OEMs turns out to be a software problem in the end... just some food for thought.

[salkam]

Just say for example...it is a soft ware problem...what do i do??? I have already used adaware like 3 times on it like a month ago when this freezing started happening..BUt all it did was make the comp a lil faster...the freezing still went on..so opne could only think it is the hardware..or could it still be a soft ware prob?? I just dont wanna spend another 100 bucks on this comp and have it still freeze and shit..AGHH i cant take this anymore!!

OrionSirius...

[liquid217]

hit start, goto run, type
msconfig

then hit enter

goto the rightmost tab which says "startup". Practically anything listed can be turned off, except for "systray"