I wish to reinstall windows Xp pro ,need help please !

just put your disc in and reboot m8 and do wot it says on the screen .. but l would try a repair install myself. there might be a few files missing

Hi smirnoff ,thanks for the quick reply there is one other thing as I said I have just added another 512 mb of ram but when I go into system properties it says I have only 512 of ram ? ,is it not just a case of plug it in and away you go ?

stu1 said:

Hi smirnoff ,thanks for the quick reply there is one other thing as I said I have just added another 512 mb of ram but when I go into system properties it says I have only 512 of ram ? ,is it not just a case of plug it in and away you go ?

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yes m8 plug and play . they r the same , l mean ddr ram .check the letters on both , they have to be the same

I took the one out of the computer and took it to Maplins to make sure it was the right one, the fella seemed to know his stuff !

stu1 said:

I took the one out of the computer and took it to Maplins to make sure it was the right one, the fella seemed to know his stuff !

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swap them around and start m8 first

I will give it a go ,bear with me !

Well done m8 now showing 1 gig thanks for that m8 ,
I will try a repair first ,I was only going by what the Maplins chap said , he reckons there would be so much crap in the registry it would need reinstalling !

repair install , its worth ago m8 , nothin to lose .u want lose any data m8...


Configure your computer to start from the CD-ROM drive. For more information about how to do this, please refer to your computer's documentation or contact your computer manufacturer.

Insert your Windows XP compact disc (CD) into your CD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM drive, and then restart your computer.

(You can also boot with a Windows 98/Me Startup disk with CD support and run WINNT.EXE in the I386 folder on the CD)

When the "Press any key to boot from CD" message is displayed on your screen, press a key to start your computer from the Windows XP CD.

When you see the following message displayed on the Welcome to Setup screen, press ENTER:

To setup Windows XP now, press ENTER.

At this point an option to press R to enter the Recovery Console is displayed. Do not select this option.

On the Windows XP Licensing Agreement screen, press F8 to agree to the license agreement.

Make sure that your current installation of Windows XP is selected in the box, and then press the R key to repair Windows XP.

Follow the instructions on the screen to complete Setup.

Well I have done that ,now my graphics card driver is playing up ,
The file VIAAGPI SYS on VIAAGP filter disc is needed .
Can you advise me what driver to use as mine is discontinued .
Legacy audio driver ,video capture device ,
At least I think that is it .

if u did a repair then all your files will be there ? r all your programes still there ?

driver all over the web u , but they should be in system32 folder ?

http://www.m-audio.com/index.php?do...r&s=7&p=40e9d795fa6ec1e14d6180eb39170b09&o=11

I did a repair but I think the driver must be buggered ,that link you sent me , should i be able to download a driver , because I can't ,I hope I haven't fecked something else up ?

Its okay its me being stupid I can download !

stu1 said:

I did a repair but I think the driver must be buggered ,that link you sent me , should i be able to download a driver , because I can't ,I hope I haven't fecked something else up ?

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u just havew to search for your driver on the page the download links r at the bottom like here

Trouble is I can't read the instuctions as they go all wobbly .

type in VIAAGPI SYS in search files and see if its on your pc anywhere then do a driver update in display setting

your drivers should be here m8 install this http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/xp/legacy-xp.html

I have done a search and there is nothing there , not looking to good is it ,anyway I have had enough of this for one day I will resume again tomorrow ,
Thank you very much for all your help this far .: colors1
See you tomorrow

try this

i have done repair myself on pc before it seemed to loose alot of sytem 32 files and nothing would work. I had to do full format in the end.

try driverguide.com too it should have all the files needed on here

csalter456 said:

i have done repair myself on pc before it seemed to loose alot of sytem 32 files and nothing would work. I had to do full format in the end.

try driverguide.com too it should have all the files needed on here

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I am going to have to do the same ,it now takes around 5 mins to load !!!!