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Installing XP from a clean drive.
Name: Mark Date: October 28, 2001 at 00:48:24 Pacific
Comment:
My drive has been acting up on me and I also want to install XP so I want to kill two birds with one stone and install the upgrade version clean after I do a low level format. The problem is that I dont have a dos boot disk that will start DOS from a completely clean drive. How can I get one or is there anyway to do it without the disk? Please also send an email because i dont check here often. Thanks.
Name: Colin Date: October 28, 2001 at 02:51:20 Pacific
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Check out this site. http://dxintel.perl.cx/xpframe.htm
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Response Number 2
Name: Connie Date: October 28, 2001 at 03:53:34 Pacific
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Install Win XP...in the beginning of the setup...it will ask you if you want to format your hard drive
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Response Number 3
Name: Tex Date: October 28, 2001 at 09:32:15 Pacific
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Goto www.bootdisk.com and it'll have a link to creating a boot disk. Use this to boot into the command propmt, format the HD and then clean install (boot from the xp cd)
Tex
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Response Number 4
Name: Dick Date: December 14, 2001 at 21:01:14 Pacific
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http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q310994. Creating boot disks for XP.
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