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

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Just wanted you to know it 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!!!!

Thank you for telling me how to check to see if the computer is booting from
the CD. I'll file that info away for the next time I need it.

Thanks for your help!


"Jim" wrote:


"Grace" <Grace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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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.)


Upgrade from what to what?

The best explanation I have is that the CD is not bootable. The computer
would then boot from the hard drive.
To check this possibility, press Start. Enter cmd in the run box. When you
see the dos-like screen, enter:
SET.

This will display all of the environment variables, and the one you want to
look for is the location of the boot drive.
If this disk is C, then the cd is not bootable, and you are asking XP to
commit suicide, which it will not do.
Jim



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