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trying to install XP instead of NT
Name: Donna Date: October 27, 2005 at 15:39:29 Pacific OS: NT CPU/Ram: pent 3
Comment:
Hi all and thanks in advance for the help. I have acquired an older computer from work and am trying to reformat it and also change the OS from NT to XP. I am able to reformat all of the drives except for C. I get an error, "cannot lock current drive" any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
Name: ntengineer Date: October 27, 2005 at 17:57:28 Pacific
Reply:
You cannot reformat a drive while windows is loaded. If you have the XP CD boot to the CD. During installation when it asks you which partition to install to, delete all existing parititons, then install XP.
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Response Number 2
Name: Donna Date: October 29, 2005 at 10:37:36 Pacific
Reply:
Thanks so much for the speedy help. It worked! I knew next to nothing about NT. Again, thanks so much for your help. Much appreciated!
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