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I have a Dell DIM8200 and I am running XP with Service Pack 3. I want to donate it to a church but I want to Scrape the Hard drive to delete all the personal stuff I have accumulated through out the years. I tried to Reinstall XP with the reinstall Disk that was provided when I purchased the computer. I follow the instructions about booting from disk but I keep getting a message that the OS System I have installed is a newer version than the reinstall disk and it will not let me proceed. I have never upgraded the XP on the computer other than adding Service Pack 3. I tried to delete Service Pack 3 but it will not allow me to do so. Can anyone help me with this problem? All I want to do is reinstall the OS and donate it.
theflash1932
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Posted September 14th, 2013 23:00
Don't run the CD from within XP ... you must BOOT to the XP CD and install from scratch. You will need to delete any/all partitions during the process.
Philip_Yip
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Posted September 17th, 2013 03:00
Follow Windows Reinstallation Guide/A Clean Install of Windows XP:
http://philipyip.wordpress.com/dell-community-forums/
It is recommended to carry out the additional Step 7a and securely wipe the hard drive before donating it.
DELL-Allan D
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Posted September 18th, 2013 13:00
Hello Smagad,
In addition to what Philip has suggested, you may also refer to this article on How to manually re-install your Windows XP Operating System (please refer to the step# 4 "Re-install the operating system from the OS Setup Disk"). Post re-installation of the operating system, please ensure to install the drivers in the correct order. It is very important for the computer to function properly.
Hope this helps!
ieee488
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Posted September 14th, 2013 19:00
Go on Youtube and find a video you like on how to do this. There are many
I just did this same thing today, and all I can say is that you are doing something wrong. Hopefully watching a video will help you.