windows installer no worky

[Fairweather]

for the past few months i've been unable to install/uninstall pretty much anything important, there's about 30 updates waiting to be installed aswell my windows messenger no longer works as it tells me i need to get the new version.. but i cant install the new version

 

I can't find any solutions on the web that has worked yet so i decided i might aswell just upgrade to windows 7... windows 7 wont install until i uninstall certain programs on my computer (itunes/panda antivirus ect.) which of course is impossible as my windows installer wont work anymore

 

dear god somebody help me before i throw this thing off a bridge

[mookie]

Spare hard drive, put all your files on it, then format and install Windows.

[Fairweather]

Spare hard drive, put all your files on it, then format and install Windows.

 

i put all my important files on a spare drive but i cant figure out how to format with the windows 7 disk, when i put it in and then select install it goes to some "checking compatibility" screen thing, then tells me i need to uninstall crap

[mookie]

I don't know about Windows 7; is that a full install disk? If so you can format with any disk and then just install. An XP install disk should let you do partitions and if you destroy the one that's there it has to create a new one to install on.

[Cujo]

put the disk in, restart the computer and it'll boot from the dvd.

[Fairweather]

put the disk in, restart the computer and it'll boot from the dvd.

 

i dont know why, nothing happens when i restart with the disk... lol i'm not even surprised at this point

[Cujo]

put the disk in, restart the computer and it'll boot from the dvd.

 

i dont know why, nothing happens when i restart with the disk... lol i'm not even surprised at this point

 

do you have your boot options set correctly in the bios?

[Fairweather]

put the disk in, restart the computer and it'll boot from the dvd.

 

i dont know why, nothing happens when i restart with the disk... lol i'm not even surprised at this point

 

do you have your boot options set correctly in the bios?

 

maybe not, i've never messed with the bios before tho/ would selecting the return to default option possibly fix that?

[Cujo]

put the disk in, restart the computer and it'll boot from the dvd.

 

i dont know why, nothing happens when i restart with the disk... lol i'm not even surprised at this point

 

do you have your boot options set correctly in the bios?

 

maybe not, i've never messed with the bios before tho/ would selecting the return to default option possibly fix that?

 

possibly. default settings should have cd/dvd rom booting before hard drive...

[Jiffy]

Maybe.

 

 

In BIOS ensure the boot order is cd-rom before HD, that will force the computer to scan any disk before completing boot. Should allow you to then wipe/reinstall.