Re: reinstall windows xp with dos??
From: SlowJet (SlowJet_at_noTY2this.com)
Date: 12/13/04
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Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 21:02:38 GMT
No DOS, No Fdisk, No FAT
Boot from the XP CD, delete the exsisting partitions, create a new partition
of 16 GB to 32 GB, format as NTFS with 4K clusters, use drive letter C.
Create a second partiton as E for data.
Throw DOS in trash after breaking media. :)
SJ
"sassy_lil_an93l" <sassylilan93l@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Ok i really need help with this but to be honest i have no idea wat i am
> doing so maybe someone can help me with this. My dad just recently
> suprised
> me with my own computer and i had the wrong windows xp installed i have no
> activation code for this version but continued to use the computer until
> the
> trial period was over, i now want to install the correct version (to which
> i
> have the code) but cannot log in to windows to load the disk therefore i
> am
> assuming i have to run the disk through dos? i have no idea how to enter
> dos
> before the wrong windows starts up. is there a way to override the windows
> startup and enter dos and if so is that what i am supposed to do? any help
> would be appreciated thank you... =)
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