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I386
Name: Desi Date: July 29, 2002 at 13:47:40 Pacific
Comment:
i have been having problems installing Windows XP. People have told me to try copying the i386 folder to the c: drive and running winnt.exe to install it. My question is...how do i copy it, and how do i create the i386 directory on the c drive using dos commands???
MD i386 to create a folder named i386 xcopy d:\i386\*.* c:\i386 to copy but why copy to HD when u already have winxp CD with you, just go to i386 folder on the CD, and run winnt.exe. You should download smartdrv.exe and run it before installing
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Response Number 2
Name: Richard S. Date: July 29, 2002 at 20:43:48 Pacific
Reply:
What kind of problems are you having? If your h/w is functioning correctly and is XP compatible and you have up-to-date drivers, there should be no need to copy the I386 folder to c:
Perhaps the easiest way to copy it would be drag and drop.
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