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So you say to just put the new CD in, run it, and it will direct me to fdisk and reformat, yes??

(The last time I fdisk’d was a few years ago on an old laptop in Win95 and I seem to recall going to DOS to fdisk & reformat, but XP has no DOS, so I’m really not sure how to approach this, but I definitly wish to embrace the challenge.

Do I have to be at all concerned about my Phoenix BIOS??

BTW – I am stalling this process and gathering info as I am eagerly awating a copy of XP Pro!

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Hi, Mary Jean!
Yeah, I guess that would be silly. What are “nics”?

Dave ~ You are great! Thank you so very much for the referral. If any other resources come to mind, you may post them or send them directly to me at bruce@krymow.com.

How do you get your little GIF down there as your signature and how do you get the GIF of the hairy headed fellow inserted? Just curious.

~Bruce Krymow

Well, when you say put the cd in & reboot to cd do you mean the NEW CD? Or the old one? There is no original OS CD.

When you say reinstall Windows, do you mean install the NEW CD to write over the current OS?

What are nics?

This is a laptop Lifebook series C 7631. I have most if not all the drivers from Fujitsu. They gave me everything but the OS. There are many features missing from the OEM version, and this was confirmed by Fujitsu PC Corp. lead engineers after I worked my way up through the ranks. They are the ones that agreed my unit was improperly formatted FAT32 and the OEM version was culled, so they offered to foot the bill on a full retail version which is now in my possession. I have no OEM OS media so reinstalling or converting are not viable options. I am aware that I may be in for some headaches, but after research and careful consideration, I wish to start from scratch.

I would like to completely wipe my drive and start installing. I am not well versed in fdisking/formatting. I would like to know where I might obtain resource or reference to undertake this endeavor.

Attached is a profile of my unit per you request.

Best regard,

Bruce Krymow
bruce@krymow.com

Dear Mary ~ The retail & OEM are NOT identical. I already went around & around w/ Fujitsu staff about this & they explained that their OEM version is customized to their spec. Features missing are too voluminous to list here. They do NOT provide a full install. They improperly formatted FAT32. Fujitsu does NOT supply the original media, just a ghosted backup on a partition via PowerQuest Drive Image which is garbage as it is, again, an OEM version in FAT32. Add/remove is only for MS components, not features on media such as Ntbackup.msi, admin tools, some .INI files & a few .CABs, etc. You cannot reinstall w/o media, which Fujitsu does NOT supply. Converting to NTFS w/o media is not very smart as my backup stays FAT32 and is garbage in the first place. Were a virus such as Sircam to infect my local drive, the parameters that create the partition would be torn asunder, thus rendering all data useless & irretrievable.

Perhaps I should be crucified for obtaining a unit w/ an incomplete & improperly formatted OS, but now I just need a hand. I obtained a new full retail version myself. I LOVE my Fujitsu 7631-C Mobile Desktop.

I wish to wipe my drive of the partition and data and do a full install of the retail version and formatted NTFS. I, however, lack the experience fdisking and wish to locate sites or resources that might give step by step info on how to start from SCRATCH. Please advise to this post or to bruce@krymow.com directly. Thank you!