xp home partitions

Discussion in 'Software' started by dirtfan50, Jul 24, 2009.

  1. dirtfan50

    dirtfan50 Private First Class

    I have a dell 2400 cpu that I downloaded IE7 and had a fatal error happen. Someone told me to do a repair and I tryed and messed something up :cry ..
    I was wondering if I can get into it somewhere and change it back to the OEM xp install? I have noticed that there are 2 partitions and was thinking the first one is the oem? I have tryed so many ways to uninstall this last install and it just wont let me ( im lost ) and very sick for what I cant get back because I dont know how to create a back up. You can bet if I do get this info back I will learn. Thank you for any help..
     
    dirtfan50, Jul 24, 2009
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  2. plodr

    plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

    Contact Dell and purchase a recovery CD/DVD. Not sure which of the two they carry because you did not mention the model.

    Some Dells come with hidden partitions that will revert to the factory condition.
    You need to be more specific than
    because no one can guess what you did.
     
    plodr, Jul 24, 2009
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  3. dirtfan50

    dirtfan50 Private First Class

    Where my problem started was I d/l IE7 Then I got a fatal error on restart.

    STOP:C000021A fatal system error
    The Windows logon process system process terminated unexpectedly with a status of 0xc0000142 (0x00000000 0x00000000)
    The system has been shut down.

    I have installed the xp cd to do a repair and ended up pressing something wrong and did an install.

    its a dell demention 2400

    Im not sure what other info you may need but I can get it..
     
    dirtfan50, Jul 25, 2009
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  4. rosiesdad

    rosiesdad Private E-2

    rosiesdad, Jul 25, 2009
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  5. dirtfan50

    dirtfan50 Private First Class

    Thank you for the info .. I have contacted them .
     
    dirtfan50, Jul 25, 2009
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  6. plodr

    plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

    Was this the one that came with your Dell?
    At this point your only option, provided it was the cd that came with your Dell is to do everything again. Of course all your previous files and documents are gone because your username is gone.
     
    plodr, Jul 25, 2009
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  7. dirtfan50

    dirtfan50 Private First Class

    No the xp home that came with the laptop im on now. I cant find my oem xp cd. I thought they all were the same if you had the serial number.
     
    dirtfan50, Jul 25, 2009
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  8. rosiesdad

    rosiesdad Private E-2

    rosiesdad, Jul 25, 2009
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