Re: Installing FULL xp home onto Windows 2000

From: Bruce Chambers (bruce_a_chambers_at_h0tmail.com)
Date: 09/04/04 

Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2004 10:58:24 -0600

Alias wrote:
>
> It removes the MBR? I don't think so.
>
> Instead of following Carey's foolish advice, get the diskette(s)
> from your hard drive's manufacturer's web site and use them and
> write zeros to your hard drive to get rid of the Master Boot Record
> along with everything else on your hard drive so that it is truly
> "clean". Use the full format. This will take hours. Then set up
> your partitions, choosing 4kb for the clusters if the software lets
> you. Then go into the bios (hit the Del key whilst booting up) and
> set your computer to boot from your cd rom, insert your XP CD and
> you're off to the races. Once you've set up XP, go back to the bios
> and change your boot order back.
>
> Alias

    Completely unnecessary. The WinXP installation CD does contain
all of the necessary tools, and the normal installation routine, if
properly executed, _will_ replace the MBR with the correct
information. Rather than denigrating someone else's correct advice,
why do you spend a little time learning how to maintin an OS about
which you're willing to offer irrelevant advice? 

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