Re: Format hard drive with XP upgrade won't work because of "newer

Just wanted you to knowi t was the USB keyboard causing the problems! (Well,
I did uninstall SP2, Internet Explorer, and Windows Media player prior to
switching the keyboard.)

Switched keyboard this morning and it worked perfectly!!!!

Thanks for your help!

"LVTravel" wrote:

In this case, you need to boot with the XP Upgrade CD, go through the setup
and have it delete the partition where the current installation is and then
have it create a new partition and format that.

Since the "installation" program that is running sees a newer version of XP
it doesn't want to delete a possible working OS.


"Grace" <Grace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:003977EB-21C2-4AAF-BE59-BB320CFFC710@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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.)




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