Comments for How do I restore my computer back to Windows XP?

Comment from Carole Downs on 2008-10-04

2008-10-05T00:29:46Z

I have my installation disk for windows Xp, but
they ask me for my confirmation number before I can install it, which Im can't find. what do I do now?

Thank you
Carole

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Comment from James White on 2008-08-03

2008-08-03T23:15:03Z

Is there an easier way to backup my computer than using ghost and a WD backup system.

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Comment from PaulM on 2007-11-05

2007-11-05T20:42:11Z

Milk - That's the point of Leos site... to educate. Even those of us who've been using Windows for decades still started out somewhere knowing absolutely nothing. Not one of us is born "computer literate."

New generations of newbies crop up and they, too, must be taken by the hand and led along until they can walk with the elders. They need info and knowledge, not disdain and contempt.

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Comment from milk on 2007-11-04

2007-11-04T08:49:44Z

I cannot believe you would include this message in your website, but I applaud your desire to help even the most incredibly mixed up computer user.

I hope this person can comprehend the need for, and the mechanical methods of, backing up their important data. 'Cause it ain't gonna get any better anytime soon. This person is computer illiterate. Their data is in extreme danger.

God bless 'em.

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Comment from Robert Palmar on 2007-10-31

2007-11-01T00:11:04Z

If a Windows Me desktop is upgraded to Windows XP,
which is what I suspect happened to this old computer,
a backup is automatically taken of the old installation so
that the user can go back if the Windows XP upgrade fails.

I imagine this mandatory backup was never
deleted on the computer and the Windows
2000 installation failed as it would trying
to go ever XP which cannot be done.
The machine rolled back to Me.

The best solution is to upgrade the Windows
Me with Windows XP as was done originally.

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