installing original wme to operating system

dsmidt · 01-20-2008, 10:12 AM

How do you slick the hard drive, and then install the original wme operating system? After that is completed I will install the XP update disk. I am having too much trouble with the computer terminally crashing!!

hitech · 01-20-2008, 10:57 AM

You do not have to install me first. boot to the xp, at some point it will ask for you to insert the disc you are upgrading from. format to ntfs, continue the install.

**OldGrayGary** · 01-21-2008, 02:10 AM

Hi all

dsmidt -- What procedure you wish to use depends on what disks you have available.

If you only have "Recovery/Restore Disks", and you wish to reset the hard drive to the factory original, simply view the specific instructions for your model over on the support website for your brand of computer. For many major-brands, you can use Recovery CD/DVDs to completely erase all current data on the hard drive & restore it to the same condition it was in as it arrived home from the store. Most CD/DVD based recoveries of this sort are started by booting the computer with the CD/DVD Recovery Disk.

If you have a full WinMe operating system installation CD, then you have the choice of skipping the step of installing WinMe first (this is the shortcut that hitech spoke of) -- you can erase the drive using a hard disk diagnostics utility for your brand of hard drive --- http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=287 --- or use a generic tool that should work on most drives --- http://www.download.com/Darik-s-Boot...-10151762.html --- Then boot the PC with your XP installation CD. XP Setup can partition and format the drive. At some point during the install, XP will ask for "proof of prior version" and prompt you to insert your WinMe CD into the drive.

Note --- even if you have both a Recovery Disk and a WinMe installation CD, you might still want to recover to WinMe first, IF there are programs in the original WinMe software "bundle" that you don't have any other way of installing, other than by using the Recovery process. This point is fairly moot, of course, should any of those bundled programs be incompatible with XP.

Best of luck
. . . Gary

01-20-2008, 10:12 AM	#1 (permalink)
dsmidt Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1 OS: windows me	installing original wme to operating system How do you slick the hard drive, and then install the original wme operating system? After that is completed I will install the XP update disk. I am having too much trouble with the computer terminally crashing!! Last edited by dsmidt; 01-20-2008 at 10:17 AM.

01-20-2008, 10:57 AM	#2 (permalink)
hitech Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Kansas Posts: 613 OS: Windows	Re: installing original wme to operating system You do not have to install me first. boot to the xp, at some point it will ask for you to insert the disc you are upgrading from. format to ntfs, continue the install.

01-21-2008, 02:10 AM	#3 (permalink)
OldGrayGary Mentor, Microsoft Support Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Woodland Hills, CA Posts: 2,240 OS: Windows 98se/2000/XP/Vista	Re: installing original wme to operating system Hi all dsmidt -- What procedure you wish to use depends on what disks you have available. If you only have "Recovery/Restore Disks", and you wish to reset the hard drive to the factory original, simply view the specific instructions for your model over on the support website for your brand of computer. For many major-brands, you can use Recovery CD/DVDs to completely erase all current data on the hard drive & restore it to the same condition it was in as it arrived home from the store. Most CD/DVD based recoveries of this sort are started by booting the computer with the CD/DVD Recovery Disk. If you have a full WinMe operating system installation CD, then you have the choice of skipping the step of installing WinMe first (this is the shortcut that hitech spoke of) -- you can erase the drive using a hard disk diagnostics utility for your brand of hard drive --- http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=287 --- or use a generic tool that should work on most drives --- http://www.download.com/Darik-s-Boot...-10151762.html --- Then boot the PC with your XP installation CD. XP Setup can partition and format the drive. At some point during the install, XP will ask for "proof of prior version" and prompt you to insert your WinMe CD into the drive. Note --- even if you have both a Recovery Disk and a WinMe installation CD, you might still want to recover to WinMe first, IF there are programs in the original WinMe software "bundle" that you don't have any other way of installing, other than by using the Recovery process. This point is fairly moot, of course, should any of those bundled programs be incompatible with XP. Best of luck . . . Gary __________________