Re: Re installing XP on a computer~

From: Michael Stevens (mstevens_at_bogusmvps.org)
Date: 10/18/04 

Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 16:50:11 -0700

kennys wrote:
> 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

You boot from the CD and do a clean install.
Click on or copy and paste the link below into your web browser address bar.
How to clean install XP.
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html 

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