Re: reinstalling XP and partitioned drives

JacVip

No, it's the original hard drive. One is large and one is small.

Here is a little back ground on the whole problem.....I was using Windows
Steady State as the computer in question is part of a Community Technology
Center & Library. I was having some issues with the PC, so I turned off WDP
in Steady State and attempted to do a recovery back to an earlier
date......Evidently this is a BIG NO NO if you are using Steady State 2.0...

Anyway, the administrator and user profiles locked up (they don't even
appear on the welcome screen), I tried a password recovery program that
didn't work, also tried to do a "repair" rather than reinstall. Nothing has
worked.

It's been 10+ years since I have reinstalled an OS and I don't remember
anything about partitioned drives.

Any advise you can give me would be helpful, I'm sure.

Thanks,
JacVip

"JS" wrote:

> Are you re-installing to a new hard drive?
>
> JS
>
> "JacVip" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> > Does it matter which partition you use when reinstalling XP?
>
>
>

JS

Do you have the Windows XP CD and Key Code?
Or is that other partition (the small partition), a 'Restore' partition
created by the Vendor?
If you have the Windows CD then, what service pack is it (Gold, SP1 or SP2)

Answer to your question is normally the C: partition.

JS

"JacVip" <> wrote in message
news:...
> No, it's the original hard drive. One is large and one is small.
>
> Here is a little back ground on the whole problem.....I was using Windows
> Steady State as the computer in question is part of a Community Technology
> Center & Library. I was having some issues with the PC, so I turned off
> WDP
> in Steady State and attempted to do a recovery back to an earlier
> date......Evidently this is a BIG NO NO if you are using Steady State
> 2.0...
>
> Anyway, the administrator and user profiles locked up (they don't even
> appear on the welcome screen), I tried a password recovery program that
> didn't work, also tried to do a "repair" rather than reinstall. Nothing
> has
> worked.
>
> It's been 10+ years since I have reinstalled an OS and I don't remember
> anything about partitioned drives.
>
> Any advise you can give me would be helpful, I'm sure.
>
> Thanks,
> JacVip
>
> "JS" wrote:
>
>> Are you re-installing to a new hard drive?
>>
>> JS
>>
>> "JacVip" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>> > Does it matter which partition you use when reinstalling XP?
>>
>>
>>