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From: DL on 30 Jan 2010 04:13
You wouldnt want to remove any page file

"umwhat" <umwhat(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi, I am considering your advice and will reinstall if I have to but it
> seems I may be able to solve the problems before I have to do a reinstall
> seeing the things that are slowly coming right and after a little research
> on
> the internet.
> The computer is not letting me remove the page file which is giving me a
> very good reason to do the clean install. WHat holds me back from do a
> clean
> install is this is a NEC Packard Bell computer and I just now discovered
> the
> restore partition may be intact and I may be able to run an F11 restore
> which
> I will attempt after the umpteenth defragment utility process finishes.
> fun
>
>
> --
> ...scribble scribble scribble...
>
>
> "umwhat" wrote:
>
>> Hi DL. A problem with copy all the data is this is not my computer and I
>> am
>> not sure how to approach that so he has all his aplications on the
>> computer.
>> --
>> ...scribble scribble scribble...
>>
>>
>> "DL" wrote:
>>
>> > Assuming you have the winxp cd or recovery disk & key, copy all data to
>> > external, clean install winxp, by deleting all partitions in the
>> > installation process
>> >
>> > "umwhat" <umwhat(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > news:A8B155DC-683F-471D-8D5B-3B710A8375AB(a)microsoft.com...
>> > >I think the owner of this PC has installed XP again on a second
>> > >partition.
>> > > There is 2 18GB partitions on a 40GB hard drive. XP boot is FAT32 on
>> > > the
>> > > end
>> > > partition and XP is NTFS is on the 1st partition. Magicjellybean
>> > > product
>> > > key
>> > > finder tells me there is only one product key. There is a large
>> > > Windows
>> > > folder in each partition and lots of applications which is why I
>> > > think the
>> > > WIndows folder is so large.
>> > > --
>> > > ...scribble scribble scribble...
>> >
>> >
>> > .
>> >


From: umwhat on 8 Feb 2010 02:23
Thank you for the good tips. I reformatted the hard drives and did a clean
install of XP.
Sorry for the late replies, I do not receive the notifications. Maybe I
tricked myself.

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"Andrew E." wrote:

> Go to run,type: diskmgmt.msc In msc,L.click on any hd or partition,go to
> actions,all,select properties & get the info on it.Or,go to run,type: cmd
> In cmd type: DiskPart In DiskPart type: list disk type: list drives
> type:HELP
> for all cmds.Also,since most or all drives are probably in use,you wont be
> able to delete anything in windows explorer,boot to xp cd,press r at menu,
> (recovery console),select 1 for C: press enter for password,type: DiskPart
> In DiskPart you can now delete any or all,press ESC to quit,type: EXIT to
> leave
> recovery.
>
> "umwhat" wrote:
>
> > I think the owner of this PC has installed XP again on a second partition.
> > There is 2 18GB partitions on a 40GB hard drive. XP boot is FAT32 on the end
> > partition and XP is NTFS is on the 1st partition. Magicjellybean product key
> > finder tells me there is only one product key. There is a large Windows
> > folder in each partition and lots of applications which is why I think the
> > WIndows folder is so large.
> > --
> > ...scribble scribble scribble...
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