Re: Re installing XP on a computer~

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From: Ron Bogart (ripSPAM_at_SUXtbit.net)
Date: 10/18/04 

Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 18:27:19 -0500

In news:E851185B-092F-4E19-9423-E7A639EC57BE@microsoft.com,
kennys <kennys@discussions.microsoft.com> did some thinking and came up with
these words:
> I formatted my hard drive on my computer because of problems and now
> I can't get XP reinstalled- I downloaded the 6 set up disks that I
> can boot and it gets hung up on disk 6 every time. I have tried like
> 5 times. I also tried to make a start up disk off of a 98 computer
> that I have but XP would not set in DOS mode. My next step is to take
> the 6 floppys, put them all on the hard drive I reformatted and try
> to load it up from there. Any help?
> Thanks,
> Kent Sherwin
>
> Respond to kentasherwin@hotmail.com

Why don't you just boot with your XP CD and run the install? 

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