RE: reformat

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From: Jason (Jason_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/05/05 

Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 20:35:05 -0800

When I try to format my drive and boot from floppy or CD, my keyboard doesn't
work when I am instructed to push any key. Any ideas?

"usher42" wrote:

> I tried to re format hard drive by putting my orig. xp disk and i finished
> and restarted my pc it came up with 2 xp home editions and also when i re
> start my pc and it still shows i have 2 xp windows. What i'm i doing wrong.
> Gary D. You can also send me a email to this address. gday24@yahoo.com

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