windows is weeird now

[AXmichigan]

yea so my windows was f-ed up
so i decided to reinstall it, actually repair it
so i went through the cd dell gave
but i clicked reinstall windows as oppsed to repair it
so after a while it did this whole thing
deleted the old one i assume and reinstalled the new one
after eventually rememberin how to reinstall everything.. i noticed my old account under document and settings are still there...
but i cant access them
anyone noe a way to do this?
its either i needa get in or delete em
cuz if i cant use them (some of which is already backed up.. but not all ).. then i might as well delete em
suggestions?

[Luciel]

maybe u installed another instalation in ur hdd without deleting the old one, i recomed to format the drive and the instlal windows

[AXmichigan]

and to format then windows i should do what....?
(WIN XP)

[Luciel]

ok, well i take it ur using winxp rite?
u need creat a dos boot floppy, click on the option wen promted wen u click on format floppy.

Now u need to stick the floppy in, and restart the pc
it should get u in dos
type:
format c: (then click on enter)
wen it asks yes or no type y and enter

Leave it, it will take quite a while depending on the size of your hdd.

Once done, restart the pc with the winxp cd in, its a bootable cd so the installation will launch on its own, if not. restart again go into the bios setup and make sure its set to look in the cd drive wen the pc startsup.

Install windows,
Once in windows install all the drivers

"Welcome to windows xp, would you like to take a tour"
Click on NO **** YOU BITCH
actually i think it only says no

Let me know how u get along

[AXmichigan]

hehe
ull noe that it doesnt work if i dont respond for some good time

[Luciel]

lol yeah i figured that, thats why i tried to give the more details and solutions to some common mistakes as i could, gd luck ax, may the force be with u LOL

[AXmichigan]

umm yea
i formatted a new disk to boot to msdos (usin winxp format)
and i got to msdos but it didnt recognize any drive
i tried formatting c:\
it said invalid drive
or some sh*t
am i doin somethin wrong or somethin?
..
yea i just tried to boot hdd first
then disk
but it just went into windows..
so yea..
..
yea i also tried goin to start
then run
and format c
it said drives in use
and it could dismount it
i said no to dismounting it then formatting it
could that be somethin thatll work?

[Luciel]

no it has to be in dos, ok try this.
insert the win xp cd in (set the bios to read cd drive first) then reboot the pc and it should take u to the setup program, i believe u can delete any partition there so just delete partition c: and it should do the job, then just carry on with the installation.

[AXmichigan]

sweeet
that did the trick
thanks bro

[Luciel]

anytime mate

[AXmichigan]

wicked
but its still callin me owner
WHY IS IT STILL CALLING ME OWNER?!

[RincewindTheWiz]

Sounds like a problem with the ownership of the files. To solve this, go to the configuration panel and start Folder Options. On the second tab, you should find a setting called "use simple file sharing", switch that one to off. Now when you get the Properties of the old Documents And Settings folder, you get an extra Security tab where you can add an Owner for that folder and any subfolders of the folder. Add the name under which you logged in, and you should be able to access all files now. You can then switch "Use Simple File Sharing" on again.

[AXmichigan]

wait..
wheres the configuration panel?

[Luciel]

rince means control panel i think

[AXmichigan]

hehe yea thats what i thought..
but i didnt see any folder option in control panel?