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reinstalling Windows XP Home Edition janabanana 11-09-2005
Posted by janabanana on November 9, 2005, 6:00 pm
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 Hello there. I'm new to the group, and I hope you can help me.
I have a Dell computer with the following specs:
Pentium 4 CPU, 1.59 GHz, 256 MB RAM. It came with Windows XP Home Edition.
I installed Service Pack 2 earlier this year. In September, I downloaded a
trial version of MicroSoft Office 2003, including Excel, Power Point, etc.
The trial expired on October 31, so I uninstalled the package. Now that I
have uninstalled Office 2003, all my documents which were previously saved in
Windows XP have been converted to Word Pad. I tried to reinstallation CD
that came with the system, but it prompts me that it is an earlier version of
Windows XP and my documents would be affected. So, in essence, my XP Home
Edition package is GONE and my documents are inaccesible.
Is there any way to fix this problem? How do I reinstall Windows XP Home
Edition without losing all of my documents?
Thank you so much for your help.



Posted by Tom Scales on November 10, 2005, 2:06 am
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 Well, first, you're in the wrong group.

Second, it is working exactly as it should. You created DOC files with an
application that you no longer have. The only application that you still
have that is capable of reading DOC files is Wordpad, so the asssociation
has returned to notepad.

Reinstally XP Home will accomplish nothing. Your solution is to purchase a
copy of Word.

If you Dell came with Word, which is quite possible, than you need to
reinstall it. If your machine came with the Works Suite (a good
possibility), it includes Word. Your machine would have come with the
disks, so just reinstall it.

Tom
> Hello there. I'm new to the group, and I hope you can help me.
> I have a Dell computer with the following specs:
> Pentium 4 CPU, 1.59 GHz, 256 MB RAM. It came with Windows XP Home Edition.
> I installed Service Pack 2 earlier this year. In September, I downloaded
> a
> trial version of MicroSoft Office 2003, including Excel, Power Point, etc.
> The trial expired on October 31, so I uninstalled the package. Now that I
> have uninstalled Office 2003, all my documents which were previously saved
> in
> Windows XP have been converted to Word Pad. I tried to reinstallation CD
> that came with the system, but it prompts me that it is an earlier version
> of
> Windows XP and my documents would be affected. So, in essence, my XP Home
> Edition package is GONE and my documents are inaccesible.
> Is there any way to fix this problem? How do I reinstall Windows XP Home
> Edition without losing all of my documents?
> Thank you so much for your help.
>




Posted by John on November 10, 2005, 9:10 am
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It didn't convert them to "wordpad" files, it just changed the association to
Wordpad (as with all .DOC files). What you can do is A) install a newer
version of Word, or B) look on Google.com for a FREE ".DOC" viewer so you can
get into those docs. Your documents (.doc files) are not converted or messed
up by uninstalling, so there is no problem with the files themselves, it is
the way you are trying to view and access them that is the problem. I would
bet that new Dell computer you bought has some type of MS Word capable
program it came with so you can resolve this (if not, GOOGLE). Good luck!

"janabanana" wrote:

> Hello there. I'm new to the group, and I hope you can help me.
> I have a Dell computer with the following specs:
> Pentium 4 CPU, 1.59 GHz, 256 MB RAM. It came with Windows XP Home Edition.
> I installed Service Pack 2 earlier this year. In September, I downloaded a
> trial version of MicroSoft Office 2003, including Excel, Power Point, etc.
> The trial expired on October 31, so I uninstalled the package. Now that I
> have uninstalled Office 2003, all my documents which were previously saved in
> Windows XP have been converted to Word Pad. I tried to reinstallation CD
> that came with the system, but it prompts me that it is an earlier version of
> Windows XP and my documents would be affected. So, in essence, my XP Home
> Edition package is GONE and my documents are inaccesible.
> Is there any way to fix this problem? How do I reinstall Windows XP Home
> Edition without losing all of my documents?
> Thank you so much for your help.
>


Posted by VWorks on October 5, 2008, 4:25 pm
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I got a new eMachine loaded with Windows XP, but it does not include a
version of Word that was originally loaded onto my old Dell with Works Suite
2002 and Win XP Home Edition. The software for the original version of Word
will not load with this new OS on the eMachine and I cannot open any Word
documents as they should be. If I reinstall the Reinstallation CD of my
original version of Windows XP...this new computer will lose the newer OS
version it came with and from what I gather go away forever...What will I
lose...and how does one keep both versions selecting a new destinationfolder
for the older, preferred edition.


"John" wrote:

> It didn't convert them to "wordpad" files, it just changed the association to
> Wordpad (as with all .DOC files). What you can do is A) install a newer
> version of Word, or B) look on Google.com for a FREE ".DOC" viewer so you can
> get into those docs. Your documents (.doc files) are not converted or messed
> up by uninstalling, so there is no problem with the files themselves, it is
> the way you are trying to view and access them that is the problem. I would
> bet that new Dell computer you bought has some type of MS Word capable
> program it came with so you can resolve this (if not, GOOGLE). Good luck!
>
> "janabanana" wrote:
>
> > Hello there. I'm new to the group, and I hope you can help me.
> > I have a Dell computer with the following specs:
> > Pentium 4 CPU, 1.59 GHz, 256 MB RAM. It came with Windows XP Home Edition.
> > I installed Service Pack 2 earlier this year. In September, I downloaded a
> > trial version of MicroSoft Office 2003, including Excel, Power Point, etc.
> > The trial expired on October 31, so I uninstalled the package. Now that I
> > have uninstalled Office 2003, all my documents which were previously saved
in
> > Windows XP have been converted to Word Pad. I tried to reinstallation CD
> > that came with the system, but it prompts me that it is an earlier version
of
> > Windows XP and my documents would be affected. So, in essence, my XP Home
> > Edition package is GONE and my documents are inaccesible.
> > Is there any way to fix this problem? How do I reinstall Windows XP Home
> > Edition without losing all of my documents?
> > Thank you so much for your help.
> >

Posted by CSM1 on October 5, 2008, 9:29 pm
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Microsoft Word is NOT a part of the operating system, and is not installed
unless the manufacter chooses to include Microsoft Word.

Microsoft Word is a separate program and is also a part of the Microsoft
Office group.

That question has nothing to do with Media Center.

--
CSM1
http://www.carlmcmillan.com
--
>I got a new eMachine loaded with Windows XP, but it does not include a
> version of Word that was originally loaded onto my old Dell with Works
> Suite
> 2002 and Win XP Home Edition. The software for the original version of
> Word
> will not load with this new OS on the eMachine and I cannot open any Word
> documents as they should be. If I reinstall the Reinstallation CD of my
> original version of Windows XP...this new computer will lose the newer OS
> version it came with and from what I gather go away forever...What will I
> lose...and how does one keep both versions selecting a new
> destinationfolder
> for the older, preferred edition.
>
>
> "John" wrote:
>
>> It didn't convert them to "wordpad" files, it just changed the
>> association to
>> Wordpad (as with all .DOC files). What you can do is A) install a newer
>> version of Word, or B) look on Google.com for a FREE ".DOC" viewer so you
>> can
>> get into those docs. Your documents (.doc files) are not converted or
>> messed
>> up by uninstalling, so there is no problem with the files themselves, it
>> is
>> the way you are trying to view and access them that is the problem. I
>> would
>> bet that new Dell computer you bought has some type of MS Word capable
>> program it came with so you can resolve this (if not, GOOGLE). Good
>> luck!
>>
>> "janabanana" wrote:
>>
>> > Hello there. I'm new to the group, and I hope you can help me.
>> > I have a Dell computer with the following specs:
>> > Pentium 4 CPU, 1.59 GHz, 256 MB RAM. It came with Windows XP Home
>> > Edition.
>> > I installed Service Pack 2 earlier this year. In September, I
>> > downloaded a
>> > trial version of MicroSoft Office 2003, including Excel, Power Point,
>> > etc.
>> > The trial expired on October 31, so I uninstalled the package. Now
>> > that I
>> > have uninstalled Office 2003, all my documents which were previously
>> > saved in
>> > Windows XP have been converted to Word Pad. I tried to reinstallation
>> > CD
>> > that came with the system, but it prompts me that it is an earlier
>> > version of
>> > Windows XP and my documents would be affected. So, in essence, my XP
>> > Home
>> > Edition package is GONE and my documents are inaccesible.
>> > Is there any way to fix this problem? How do I reinstall Windows XP
>> > Home
>> > Edition without losing all of my documents?
>> > Thank you so much for your help.
>> >



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