Reinstall windows xp from cd boot

Now I'm not sure if I should have? I looked at the back of the computer and my speakers plug into a card at the bottom so I think I have the actual Soundblaster. I'll wait on the sound blaster install from soundblaster cd until I hear back from you about the other driver installs. You can ignore the ATI video drivers as you have already installed a driver for the nVidia card that the Resource application has detected.

The NetXtreme driver is most likely the on-board controller, and if it installed, you probably needed it. Most of the drivers will refuse to install if the software doesn't detect the hardware that it was designed to support. I agree that you have a Soundblaster card, so do not install the ADI driver on your list; that driver is for the on-board sound adapter which you are not using. I'm not that sure about the mouse driver; I don't see it on the Dell downloads list so I expect that it was intended for another computer model.

IDE hard drives do not require these. It appears you've done well. All that should be left is to install the Soundblaster driver. The easiest way to do that is to download either of the files at one of the links I gave you earlier to a computer that can burn a CD you can use on your So, other than the ADI driver should I try installing all of the others? I guess that would be if I installed a new hard drive or hard an external for back up?

I was looking for info in my owners manual and came across Identifying Drivers. I opened the device manager and under Other Devices were items marked as needing drivers installed. The marked items were. Are these related to the soundblaster driver? When I do get all the drivers installed and updated to SP2 I think that is then the time to install protection?. I plan on using AVG 9 for that. Any thoughts on that? Browse Community. Windows General. Turn on suggestions. Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type.

Showing results for. Search instead for. Did you mean:. Last reply by jackshack Solved. Can't reinstall windows xp from CD. Then Power on the system and watch for the Dell logo to appear. Your computer will now boot to the CD in the drive. All forum topics Previous Topic Next Topic. Solution 1. Accepted Solutions. Dell Forum member since Community Accepted Solution. By using our site, you agree to our cookie policy.

Cookie Settings. Learn why people trust wikiHow. Download Article Explore this Article Steps. Related Articles. Author Info Last Updated: June 4, If you no longer have a copy of the CD, contact your computer manufacturer for a replacement, or download an. Be aware of viruses, and know that you will still need to enter a valid Product Key to install. Make a note of your Product Key. It is useful to have this handy before you start the install process.

This key is a character code that you have to enter in order to install Windows. It can usually be found in one of a couple different places: Attached to the case your Windows XP CD came in, usually on the back. Attached to your computer. If it is a desktop then it is usually located on the back of the tower. For a laptop, it is on the bottom. Reboot your computer. Your computer needs to be set to boot from the CD drive first.

In order to do this, you will have to enter the BIOS setup. The key is different from different manufacturers, but is generally either F2, F10, F12, or Del. The correct key will be displayed on the same screen as the logo.

Set the 1st Boot Device as the CD drive. Save your changes and exit the BIOS. If the computer is part of a large office network with a domain web server, select the second option and add the domain name last in the field.

Otherwise, leave the function on the first option. If your office uses workgroups, specify the workgroup. Click Next to complete the installation. When the installation is complete, your computer will restart and the Microsoft Windows Welcome screen will load. Click on the tracks until you reach the screen Who will use this screen?

Then enter your Windows username. When prompted, enter the character key that came with the CD. Alan Schember began writing for local newspapers in Texas and Louisiana.

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In most cases, this is due to the fact that you have important written documents that are not backed up. You cannot delete them.

It gets to the Windows XP screen where the blue line moves across for a while and then it stops and hangs. I have tried the following: 1, Reboot in Safe mode. This does not work as a lot of lines of text appear on the screen eg. After a short time, it stops moving and nothing else happens. Again it goes to the Windows screen and then hangs.

But none of these show up. Instead it seems to try to reboot directly from the CD. This appears to work as the CD starts running, a blue screen titled Windows Setup comes on and at the bottom of the screen, I can see the files it is finding on the CD. Then it stops running and it says "Setup is starting Windows". But then nothing happens. After half an hour like that, i turned it off as the Hard drive was not moving at all.

All the Microsoft Help I see online tells me to insert Reinstall disk and work from there but I have backed up most of the HD but unfortunately there is some stuff I really need to save on it.

Many Thanks, PS. The reason for this is because on some computers going into safemode takes ages. I once had to wait at least 5 mins for it to work. Click to expand The install CD not booting would indicate some hardware issues.

You should test your RAM and the hard drive. Any chance of the laptop overheating? Is it abnomrally hot? Can you run it with some of the covers off to let more air in? Nodsu said:. Sounds like a memory issue, but could equally be the graphics card or CPU getting too hot.