Re: Clean Install Of XP Pro

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From: wayne (notme_at_example.com)
Date: 06/06/04 

Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2004 13:40:59 GMT

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You cannot kill yourself by destroying the D partition while trying to
install from it!

Wayne

"Kevin" <kevin@roadrunner.nf.net> wrote in message
news:%2368Nwd8SEHA.2236@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Hi, I've got a dual boot setup with XP on both a C and D partition - is
it
> possible to run a CLEAN install (meaning formatting the entire hard driev)
> with all the xp setup files in an i386 folder on my D drive or another
> partition? I dont have the
> XP cd and cant boot from CD or floppy....
>
>

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