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Reinstalling Windows XP - #2 - Backing up Windows XP before you reinstall
You're going to be very happy with your nice, fresh, "clean install" of Windows XP. I'm pretty sure about that. I'm also very sure that you won't be happy if you forget to backup your photos, or music,...
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Reinstalling Windows XP - #3 - Starting the Windows XP reinstall process
With a thorough backup in place, we undertake the first step in reinstalling Windows XP: booting from the Windows XP CD, selecting to do a clean install of Windows and selecting a filesystem to use...
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Reinstalling Windows XP - #4 - Reinstall XP Understanding Your Formatting...
In part 3 of our video guide to reinstalling Windows XP we got as far as selecting a partition to install to. Now it's time to pick a formatting option. Your options are to do nothing, to do "quick"...
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Reinstalling Windows XP - #5 - Changing the Windows XP boot order
Sometimes when you put your CD in the drive and restart Windows it just reboots and goes straight back to Windows. Misses your CD all together. The reason? Your computers "boot order" probably isn't...
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Reinstalling Windows XP - #6 - Finishing Windows XP Reinstall
As we progress with our reinstall Windows needs some input from us. There are regional settings, network settings, and other options and preferences that we'll need to set. We're on the downhill side...
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Reinstalling Windows XP - #7 - Finalizing Windows XP reinstall
Just a few things to finalize and our reinstall will be done. There are just a few more steps until we have a fresh, clean copy of Windows XP up and running. First, we set the date, time and regional...
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Reinstalling Windows XP - #8 - Get Updates For Windows XP
We've finished our clean install of Windows XP, but we're not quite done. Remember, this copy of XP is freshly installed so it doesn't have any updates installed. You need to visit the Windows Update...
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Reinstalling Windows XP - #9 - Restoring Your Data After Windows XP Reinstall
You've visited Windows Update and gotten everything you needed from there. Now it's time to restore all the items you backed up before this adventure started. Your documents, photos, music, bookmarks,...
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Reinstalling Windows XP - #11 - How to reinstall Windows XP
Michael "Doc" Callahan leads us through the process for reinstalling Windows on your computer. Over time, Windows XP gets corrupted and your system slows to a crawl. Doc explains why you may want to...
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Reinstalling Windows XP - #10 - Protect and update your Windows XP install
Your computer is an investment of time and money. You've just invested a few hours to make it run better. Now, it's time to protect that investment. You need to maintain your computer and protect it...
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