I keep geeting the "blue screen" and windows shuts down. Once in a while I
can get Windows to load and then freezes. My virus program somehow got
renamed is "unknown" and I'm sure thats causing the problem. So next time I
can restart the computer I'm going to do a format and reinstall. I have to
let the computer sit for a couple days and if I'm lucky, it will start. Dell
8500 Inspiron Notebook with McAfee virus protection. I tried to delete McAfee
but to no avail. I won't delete to "unknown program" AKA virus program. I
think it would be eaiser to format and start over. At least I will know if it
is hardware or software.

"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:

> On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:16:03 -0700, autoricky
> <autoricky@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > I have no choise but to wipe my hard disk clean and reinstall Windows XP Pro.
>
>
> Why not? Although it's sometimes true, it seldom is. If you have
> problems, explain them here. Perhaps someone can help and a reinstall
> won't be necessary.
>
>
>
> > Can some one tell me how?
>
>
> Just boot from the Windows XP CD (change the BIOS boot order if
> necessary to accomplish this) and follow the prompts for a clean
> installation (delete the existing partition by pressing "D" when
> prompted, then create a new one).
>
> You can find detailed instructions here:
> http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
>
> or here
> http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org/how...windows_xp.htm
>
> or here http://windowsxp.mvps.org/XPClean.htm
>
> or here http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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