The System Rebuild – Phase 1 – OS Installation
December 31, 2004
I’ve just finished phase zero of the system rebuild. I’m now entering phase one which involves installing the operating system. I’ll be installing Windows XP, and in order to get back to a usable state I will need my Windows XP CD (in MSDN wallet – check), the product key from MSDN Subscriber Downloads (printed – check), my video and network interface drives (on thumb drive – check) and the Windows XP SP2 CD (in MSDN wallet – check).
I’ll report back here when I am up and running again.
December 30, 2004 at 12:00 am
Phase Zero should include one more thing that makes it a lot easier to get a rebuild done. Make yourself a slipstream CD of windows XP with SP2 already built in. I did it not long after SP2 came out, and saves on just little bit of extra hassle
December 30, 2004 at 12:00 am
Yeah – I downloaded a slipstream CD from MSDN Subscriber Downloads, but it got stuffed up.
December 30, 2004 at 12:00 am
Oh, do they have them now? Sweet. I made my own
December 30, 2004 at 12:00 am
I did a rebuild the other day. If you use a dell os disk you dont even need to back up your drivers.
December 30, 2004 at 12:00 am
Hi Kieran,
Yeah – except you don’t get the latest (and presumably less buggy) drivers if you use the system disk.
Geoff, you are such a geek.
December 30, 2004 at 12:00 am
I know