Jinx wrote:
>> So anyway make sure it's C:.
>>     
>
> My recollection is that this drive has a 39GB C: and a
> 1GB D: partition
>
> Yes, I will be careful, which is why I've postponed it till later, as
> it's 1:20am now and I feel more like sleep than starting something
> I wish I hadn't started at 1:20am when 4:20am rolls around and
> Windows is still giving me the irrits !!

I've installed Windows XP about 5 times in the last month on different 
computers. It's a jiffy!

When someone's computer is "riddled with viruses", here's what I do:

* Get the data off it, either via FTP over a cross-over cable, or by 
opening the chasis and using my handy USB to ATA adapter (which by the 
way was only about 5euro on eBay and works perfectly, extremely fast 
transfer speed)
* Next I take out the "Ultimate Boot CD". I open up Ranish Partition 
Manager and I delete all partitions and give it the standard master boot 
record.
* If the computer is to only have one partition, then I can just reboot 
off the XP CD now. However if there's to be separate partitions then I 
create them now because I don't want the problem of the XP CD not 
treating the target partition as C:
* So anyway, I install XP
* Turn off System Restore (or System ReWhore as I like to call it :-D)
* Copy across AVG anti-virus via FTP from my laptop
* Run Windows Update to get Service Pack 3 as well as all the updated 
drivers and patches
* Then I've a myriad of little installation programs, stuff like AVG 
Anti-virus, Adobe PDF reader.
* Lastly, change the skin to Silver!

If there's a gig of RAM, I also turn off the page file. I can't for the 
life of me understand why someone with a gig of RAM has a page file. I 
remember one time I actually TRIED to tax my Windows XP system. I opened 
up about 10 different web pages, some of them with YouTube videos on 
them. Next I opened up every part of MS Office, then opened up a load of 
more programs too. My max memory usage peak was between 600 and 700 
megs. So no thank you I don't want a page file.

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