Saturday, January 16th, 2010 by aan

How to reinstall Windows XP without formatting the file system

Many reasons why someone to reinstall the computer Operating System. Whether it was caused by viruses, missing system files, driver error or a decreased PC performance.
Usually when you reinstall Windows XP, you must format the file system. It’s okay if you still have the master software and software licensing plus you have plenty of spare time to re-install the software one by one.
Ways described below are not using the Windows repair mode. In this way much different from the repair mode in Windows.
What are the advantages of this method?
With this method, you can reinstall Windows XP operating system without format your file system. Of course if you not format the file system, software or drivers that have been installed on your computer will not disappear from your computer. You can save time to install the software one by one, or make you lose your computer drivers.

1. Insert your Windows XP CD into your optical drive.

2. Determine the location of the CD, eg “F”. Location is uncertain, following the number of partitions in your computer, which is usually a file system is in “C”.

3. Now run “Run” (Start -> Run or Windows + R)

4. Write the text below the “run”

F:\I386\winnt32 /unattend

5. Press Enter or click OK

4. Your computer will restart itself and reinstall began.

5. After the reinstall process is complete, you can directly use it again.
You no longer need to install software or drivers.

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