Re: Source CD's needed

Owkmann wrote:
Don't know why, but the magical keystroke "ctrl + Backspace"
got me past the HD format. Was able to wipe the drive and reinstall.

Thanks to everyone for all your help and advice!

You're welcome. Glad it worked. And you should really look in to an
imaging program like Acronis True Image just in case your hard drive or
hidden partition get screwed up down the road.


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