Need to reformat and reinstall

Thank you Mike. I was relieved to think that would work after a grueling
week of spending all non-work hours discovering the depth and breadth of the
malware on that machine. Unfortunately when I followed your instruction &
put in the XP upgrade and began setup, I got this error message: "Setup
cannot upgrade your current installation to Windows XP. Your current
installation of windows is not a supported upgrade path. Setup cannot
continue." If you have any other suggestions, please please let me know.
I've tried to create a start-up/boot disk for ME to install ME and upgrade,
but that's been futile as well.

Again, my thanks to you!


"Mike M" wrote:

> > Since I have the ME cd & key code and the XP upgrade, is is possible
> > to reformat and install then upgrade back to xp? Thanks!
>
> No need, you can install XP without having first to install Win Me. See
> my reply to your post in the thread "reinstalling windows Me".
> --
> Mike Maltby
> mike.maltby.TakeThisOut@gmail.com
>
>
> ladybug <ladybug.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > I have my winME key code and cd along with an XP upgrade that I
> > purchased for this machine's predecessor but without a floppy drive
> > and/or boot disc, I am a bit lost - I need to reformat and reinstall
> > due to backdoor trojan but can't find the XP discs & key code came
> > with the machine when purchased new in Dec 05.
> >
> > Since I have the ME cd & key code and the XP upgrade, is is possible
> > to reformat and install then upgrade back to xp? Thanks!
>
>

If your hard drive contains nothing you wish to retain I would create and
use the Ultimate Boot CD to wipe the drive clean so that you can start
over with a clean system. You can download an image from
http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/. You should then be able to clean install
XP using your upgrade CD in the way I described earlier.
--
Mike Maltby
mike.maltby.DeleteThis@gmail.com


ladybug <ladybug.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> Thank you Mike. I was relieved to think that would work after a
> grueling week of spending all non-work hours discovering the depth
> and breadth of the malware on that machine. Unfortunately when I
> followed your instruction & put in the XP upgrade and began setup, I
> got this error message: "Setup cannot upgrade your current
> installation to Windows XP. Your current installation of windows is
> not a supported upgrade path. Setup cannot continue." If you have
> any other suggestions, please please let me know. I've tried to
> create a start-up/boot disk for ME to install ME and upgrade, but
> that's been futile as well.
>
> Again, my thanks to you!

Thank you. I have reformatted and reinstalled XP. I am now attempting to
connect to my lan & will need to download drivers for my ethernet card
apparently. Arghhhhh!

"Mike M" wrote:

> If your hard drive contains nothing you wish to retain I would create and
> use the Ultimate Boot CD to wipe the drive clean so that you can start
> over with a clean system. You can download an image from
> http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/. You should then be able to clean install
> XP using your upgrade CD in the way I described earlier.
> --
> Mike Maltby
> mike.maltby RemoveThis @gmail.com
>
>
> ladybug <ladybug RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > Thank you Mike. I was relieved to think that would work after a
> > grueling week of spending all non-work hours discovering the depth
> > and breadth of the malware on that machine. Unfortunately when I
> > followed your instruction & put in the XP upgrade and began setup, I
> > got this error message: "Setup cannot upgrade your current
> > installation to Windows XP. Your current installation of windows is
> > not a supported upgrade path. Setup cannot continue." If you have
> > any other suggestions, please please let me know. I've tried to
> > create a start-up/boot disk for ME to install ME and upgrade, but
> > that's been futile as well.
> >
> > Again, my thanks to you!
>
>

ladybug <ladybug.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> Thank you. I have reformatted and reinstalled XP. I am now
> attempting to connect to my lan & will need to download drivers for
> my ethernet card apparently. Arghhhhh!

I'm pleased to read that you seem to have made some progress.


How did you do the install? Did you use the Ultimate Boot CD to wipe your
hard drive and were you then able to install XP using the upgrade CD or
did you have to first install Win Me?
--
Mike Maltby
mike.maltby.TakeThisOut@gmail.com

I didn't use the Ultimate Boot CD....late last night I tried one more time
with the XP upgrade CD and was able to get to the clean install. Once it
started I was so happy to see some progress that I stayed up to finish it.
Guess I am naive because I thought I would be able to connect right to my lan
and get on the internet, but alas didn't think that all the drivers
originally installed are gone. I've gotten the printer installed and am now
wrestling with the network card driver. I've gone to Intel's site to get a
drive, downloaded it to a flash drive on my machine and now will go try it
out. Unfortunately again - when we bought the machine new in 2005 the
drivers were installed and I don't find a rescue CD or the drivers CD among
the documentation and CD's we received from Dell. Bummer for me....

Thanks for your kindness in assisting!

"Mike M" wrote:

> ladybug <ladybug.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > Thank you. I have reformatted and reinstalled XP. I am now
> > attempting to connect to my lan & will need to download drivers for
> > my ethernet card apparently. Arghhhhh!
>
> I'm pleased to read that you seem to have made some progress.
>
>
> How did you do the install? Did you use the Ultimate Boot CD to wipe your
> hard drive and were you then able to install XP using the upgrade CD or
> did you have to first install Win Me?
> --
> Mike Maltby
> mike.maltby.DeleteThis@gmail.com
>
>
>

That's good, other than for the lack of a driver for your network card. I
couldn't understand why you weren't able to clean install using the XP
Upgrade CD and why you saw the error message you reported.

Could you please confirm whether or not when using the XP upgrade CD you
were asked to insert the Win Me CD or not?

Best wishes,
--
Mike Maltby
mike.maltby.TakeThisOut@gmail.com



ladybug <ladybug.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> I didn't use the Ultimate Boot CD....late last night I tried one more
> time with the XP upgrade CD and was able to get to the clean install.
> Once it started I was so happy to see some progress that I stayed up
> to finish it. Guess I am naive because I thought I would be able to
> connect right to my lan and get on the internet, but alas didn't
> think that all the drivers originally installed are gone. I've
> gotten the printer installed and am now wrestling with the network
> card driver. I've gone to Intel's site to get a drive, downloaded it
> to a flash drive on my machine and now will go try it out.
> Unfortunately again - when we bought the machine new in 2005 the
> drivers were installed and I don't find a rescue CD or the drivers CD
> among the documentation and CD's we received from Dell. Bummer for
> me....
>
> Thanks for your kindness in assisting!
>
> "Mike M" wrote:
>
>> ladybug <ladybug.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Thank you. I have reformatted and reinstalled XP. I am now
>>> attempting to connect to my lan & will need to download drivers for
>>> my ethernet card apparently. Arghhhhh!
>>
>> I'm pleased to read that you seem to have made some progress.
>>
>>
>> How did you do the install? Did you use the Ultimate Boot CD to
>> wipe your hard drive and were you then able to install XP using the
>> upgrade CD or did you have to first install Win Me?
>> --
>> Mike Maltby
>> mike.maltby.TakeThisOut@gmail.com