How do you completely reinstall your computer operating system if you have nothing on there right now?

System restoration using Windows

Your question raises a host of others, such as; what happened to the original operating system, is this a brand new hard drive, did you buy this computer at a yard sale, and, most importantly do you have the restore desk(s)? Assuming that you do, (because it is beyond this forum if you do not,) there are certain steps that must be followed. If this is a relatively new computer, and came with Windows XP, you need to put the (first, if more than one,) restore disk in the CD-ROM/R/W drive, (the one that takes music CD's), turn the computer off, and then turn it back on again. You should see a line of text when the computer comes back up, asking you what you want to do. Select "System Restore", press enter, and the rest should happen automatically.

If this is an older computer, which ran on Windows 98, you will need the installtion CD-ROM or floppy disks, and the "Windows Start Up" floppy disk. Insert the Start Up disk into the floppy disk drive, start the computer, and, if your copy of Windows 98 is on a CD, select option 1 when the computer asks if it should start with CD-ROM drivers loaded. If your copy of Windows is on floppy disks, select option 2. In either case, you will see a DOS prompt in a few moments, which will look like this "A:\" At this point, either put the Windows CD in the CD drive, or disk one in the floppy drive, and type in "set up." Follow the instructions and your system will be restored. IF the above steps do not work for you, take the machine and the software to a professional.

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