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                   -[ REINSTALLING WINDOWS XP ]-

This is for those of you that want to reinstall their windows xp system and
know that they can run Windows XP with no problems.

[1 - REINSTALL WITHOUT LOSING SETTINGS]
- Boot with Windows XP CD
- Press Enter when you hit the "Welcome to Setup" Screen
- Press F8 to the licensing screen
- Select the drive that XP currently resides on, press enter
- when asked to format just select "keep current file system intact"
- You will get the option to overwrite current system files and keep 
  settings in tact
- follow the on-screen directions and you should be set.

[2. COMPLETE REINSTALL]

first you need to make sure you have backed up all files that you need for a
new install. Then follow the steps below:
- Boot with Windows XP CD
- Press Enter when you hit the "Welcome to Setup" Screen
- Press F8 to the licensing screen
- highlight the drive to install XP on, press D to delete the current partition
  that resides on the computer.
- Press enter to partition delete prompt.
- Press L to second warning screen
- Now highlight the newly "unpartitioned space" and press c
- Now you have following options:
   Format the partition using NTFS (quick)
   Format the partition using FAT (quick)
   Format the partition using NTFS
   Format the partition using FAT
- You can choose which ever you want, I prefer you use Format using
  NTFS. (not quick!) The format process will begin..
- Automatically after the format is done Windows starts to extract files
  onto the newly formatted partition, this process will automatically 
  reboot the computer.
- Once the reboot has been done, do not boot from the cd. You will now
  be put into the graphical part of the setup, just follow the on-screen
  instructions its not difficult at all.