Re: Can't install xp

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From: jazz (aprilo9_at_hotmail.com.nospam)
Date: 01/16/05 

Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 23:53:44 -0500

You can boot directly to the cd. Of course your bios setting has to support
this but most newer c opmputers do. just try booting to the cd first and if
it doesn't work then srt the boot order in the bios to include the cd
before the hardrive. Noe when you boot you should see somethign liek press
any keey to boot from cdrom. press a key and follow the instructions.

Also if you have more then one cdrom (ie. a burner and dvdplayer or
somethign simular) try placing the cdrom in the other player. sometimes only
the first cdrom on the ide cable will be bootable.

"john" <john@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:63424B3F-D718-4DEA-B127-2E64148EF497@microsoft.com...
> I backed up my files with win98 installed........do I use the win98 bootup
> disk? I'm not sure how to boot up witht he win xp cd........I have been
> trying to figure that one out.
>
>
> "jazz" wrote:
>
> > If you have already backed up your files and stuff, you can boot to the
cd
> > and do a clean install. Have you old operating system disk handy and it
will
> > ask you for it at the beguning. Place the cd in the drive and then it
will
> > tell you to replace it with the XP setup. It will now perfomr a clean
> > install and hopfully not have errors. BTW i think it would be worth the
> > effort to tel setup to format the drive so you don't keep any problems.
> >
> > "john" <john@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:A20C9DF9-4CF3-439F-9BE7-4280155732ED@microsoft.com...
> > > yes I'm doing a upgrade, can't afford the full install.........I did
an
> > > upgrade to my brother's last year and had no problems.......
> > >
> > > John
> > >
> > > "rosawood" wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > You don't say whether you're doing a clean install or an upgrade.
If
> > you're
> > > > doing an upgrade from a previous version....don't. Get the entire
> > package,
> > > > and install on a newly formatted hard drive. You'll save yourself a
> > huge
> > > > bundle of headaches (of which you're experiencing only the first...)
> >
> >
> >

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