How Do You Delete Partitions & Reinstall XP?
Sometimes there’s no better way to repair a damaged Windows XP install than to start from scratch and reinstall the whole thing. It’s a drastic move, but it is almost guaranteed to work. (Only serious hardware issues or incorrectly installed files can cause errors in this case.) If all other options have been exhausted, and your computer still won’t function correctly, fear not: After a reinstall it should be running as good as new. Locate an XP install disk, preferably the one that came with the computer, and any other software packages and drivers. Most of the time these will come packaged with the computer at the time of purchase. To save your data, copy information in your “My Documents” folder and any other important data you might have stored on the hard drive to a flash drive, CD or an external hard drive. Insert the XP install disk into the computer’s CD drive and reboot the computer. The computer should automatically boot from the disk, loading the blue Windows XP Setup screen
