Re: Format hard drive with XP upgrade won't work because of "newer
- From: Grace <Grace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:24:00 -0700
Just wanted to let you know....
it was a USB keyboard that was causing the problem. Switched to an old
keyboard and it worked perfectly!
Thanks for your help!
"Chet" wrote:
Of great historical significance to all, Grace.
<Grace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> declared on Fri, 25 Jul 2008
16:50:01 -0700:
I have tried to format the hard drive of my old computer
using my XP Home Upgrade CD. I've read that this will work.
However, when I try it, it states that:
Setup cannot continue because there is a newer version on
this computer than is on this disk.
I'm guessing, of course, that the "newer" version it is
speaking of is SP1 and SP2.
Can anyone tell me how to get that hard drive formatted?
I've tried the boot disks that Microsoft offers, after
changing the BIOS to Floppy, of course.
(That unfortunately didn't work, possibly due to the
fact that the old computer
has a newer microsoft keyboard that the boot disks
won't recognize.) {After
paying almost $10 for 10 floppies! Because no-one
carries floppies anymore.
This is just to let you know the floppies were brand
new that I made the boot
disks from, in case that matters.}
I've tried using the XP Home Upgrade CD (as mentioned above),
after changing the BIOS to cdrom.
(I do have my ME disk, if necessary.)
You might find some assistance from Michael Stevens articles:
How do I format a NTFS/Fat/Fat32 drive with XP installed?
<http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/format_XP.htm>
Clean Install Windows XP
<http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html>
hth
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