Cant reload operating system

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From: MGGP (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 06/15/04 

Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 17:51:05 -0700

I assume since you just reformatted that you have saved
your data. If not you need to find a way to do that first.

See this:
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

You can put the XP disc in the optical drive and start
over. You'll have to set the BIOS to boot from the CD-ROM
drive and re-start.

It will ask you at some point to "see" the qualifying disc
for the upgrade. Put the Win98 disc in and let it "see"
it. You can also wipe out the partition that's already on
the drive (if you want to) and install XP from "scratch".

Good Luck !

>-----Original Message-----
>Due to a virus I had to reformat hard drive. I have XP
>home edition upgrade version as I upgraded from 98. I
>had problem during the reload and had to start over. Now
>it wont load because it does not see the previous
>operating system there and it says I cant load upgrade
>disk on machine without previous operating system? what
>do I do?
>.
>

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