drqc wrote:
> I don't know what to do or what I did to my computer. I have Windows XP
> Professional and on my Local Disk D: 2.73 GB of space and only 110 MB of
> space left, I also have a Local Disk C: 11.2 GB of space with 8.97 GB free.
> My computer only wants to save installed programs to drive D, and I don't
> know why, I guess this is my main hard drive but my problem is that with only
> 110 MB of space left on D, I can't don anything, my Disk Cleanup won't work
> and I have tried everything, I have went and removed everything from my
> computer except XP itself, my internet, and my printer, I am scared that I
> messed something up when I tried to explore D: and erase files to try to free
> up space, I also tried booting from the operating disk and doing a system
> restore but then it made me call the Microsoft company just to get a
> activation code to restart windows and then when it did restart windows it
> just restored it back to the same condition it was in, I don't know what to
> do, I was thinking about just trying to reinstall a clean XP and wiping
> everything out but I didn't know if I did that if I would have to call
> Microsoft again to reactivate my windows again, I don't even know why I had
> to do that in the first place. Can someone please give me a clue as to what
> to do.

First make sure that any data you wish to retain is backed up to CD or
on some external form of storage.

Second, make sure you have you driver disks for your motherboard,
video, sound, printer etc.

Third, ensure that you have the product key for your XP CD, if you do
not have it at hand go to
http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder.shtml , get the key finder
and write the key down.

The following steps WILL wipe your drives and create a single C: drive.

1.Ensure that the BIOS is set to boot from the CD as the first boot
device.
2. Place your XP CD in the CD drive and reboot the machine
3. Go through to setup XP and delete both partitions
3. Reboot the machine from the XP CD
4. Alow setup to run, you should be given the opertunity to format the
HDD, do so then let XP install.
5. Once installed reset your BIOS so that the HDD is the first boot
device
6. Install the required other drivers
7. You will need to reactivate windows.

If your machine has SP2 on it and you CD does not have SP2 you will
either have to uninstall SP2 or slipstream SP2 to your version of XP.

Slipstreamed Windows XP CD Using SP2
http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstreamed_xpsp2_cd.htm

How to use AutoStreamer to Slipstream Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://www.simplyguides.net/guides/u...ostreamer.html

Windows XP Service Pack 2 - Direct Download
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en