Question re reinstalled windows xp

Two possibilitiies so let's start wihte easiet.  Go to Start>Run and type "msconfig" without the quotes.  Go to the Boot.ini tab and hit the button "Check All Boot Paths" and then reboot.  If this does not solve the issue, you installed a second copy of XP so you need to delete the C Partition, recreate it, and then reinstall the OS.

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sg_clean.asp


Driver Installation:
http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/dsn/en/document?c=us&cs=19&docid=1A0C0937D62A8739E0401E0A55174744&journalid=4F1F82483DC811DBAE564F9328EE04A4&l=en&s=gen

http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/dsn/en/document?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&dn=1090643

To find and download the drivers for your system, scroll down the page on click on
"Drivers and Downloads". Then enter your Service Tag or model number of your computer.
Select your operating system and then download the drivers that you need.

"Solve" the problem, don't "hide" it.

hi,

To hide the option click start,right click My computer,left click on properties,the system propeties window would show up,click on advanced option and the click on settings under start up and recovery then you would see an option TIME TO DISLAY LIST OF OPERATING SYSTEMS make it 0 seconds,click apply and ok,restart you computer that should do it.

Regards,

Andy

Thanks Andy for the help re my problem.  As I am not very computer literate re programming

hiding the options was the best solution for me.  Now when I turn on computer it goes straight

into windows XP phew.  My last query is this since I reinstalled windows xp when I go to

|type the @ key it has moved from where it was displayed on keyboard beside the hash key which

on typing this reply has also disappeared. It would be great to sort these niggles out but compared with

my problems over past four weeks I can live with them!

Thanks again really appreciated help JM but very limited experience on my part and I did not understand

your reply

Those were step-by-step instructions.

Will this solve my problem?

 Noreen

Hi Andy

I have a much bigger problem now.  I reinstalled Windows but I did not install antivirus protection (stupid I know) and now have a trojan virus that keeps crashing my system.  I have tried to go to local broadband company and they cannot complete a virus check as system keeps crashing. I tried to install Spybot search and destroy with no joy.  Last night I reinstalled windows Xp and then ran norton antivirus but I need now to re connect to broadband tonight.  I had tried before this trojan virus to install AVG 75 and my pc crashed so just need to ask should I leave this to the experts to wipe clean and re install or should I keep trying.  I wanted to know if reinstalling wipes out virus or does it just lie there until it is removed?

Any help would be appreciated 

download and install nod32 30 day trial then update it.

then make your settings look like this:

then do a full scan

Hi there,

I would suggest you to Clean Install win xp on your computer because now the damage has already been done and no matter what you do the traces of trojan and unwanted programs will still remail on your hard drive and registry for win xp. If you need help then let me know i can send you steps how to do it yourself or you want experts to do it call Dell Technical Support because they are professionally trained on Dell hardware and software (trust me on that).

Regards,

Andy