Re: format ?

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"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:41:03 -0400, "JG" <NoMail@NoSpam> wrote:

We bought a new machine with Vista on it.
However Our Engineering software will not
run on Vista and we really don't like Vista
either (too restrictive).
We would like to just install our XP cd to
the new machine but we cannot figure a way
to do it. Vista will not let me format the drive.


If you do it correctly, Vista isn't involved when you do it. You can't
format a drive from within the operating system; that's like cutting
down the tree that you're sitting in.


I thought you could cut down the tree you're sitting in. It just isn't a
very smart idea :-)



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