Re: Cant BOOT HELP PLZ

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Sounds as you are doing it correctly, the only thing you haven't made clear
is when you say you restart.

Do it just like you are:
When you boot the first time from the CD and you get the message "Boot from
CD" Press any key then hit the space bar.
It will load some files then you will be prompted to press F8 to accept the
license agreement.
Then your Partition with XP will show up on the screen, at this point you
will highlight the partition that you want to reformat, then you will delete
that partition and then create a new one (at this time you can create as
many as you want) then choose the partition you wish to install XP on and
press enter to install. It will load all the files then restart, at this
time do not press any key when you see the Boot From CD message.

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Good Day
River Rat




"Troubled User" <TroubledUser@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:00AADBCF-82B2-41DE-8979-01E3B13BA49C@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I am trying to reformat my comp. I tried with QuickRestore CDs. They didnt
work. I tried with XP CD. It just says that the version on the computer is
newer then the version i am trying to install. It tells me to boot with the
CD. So i turn off the comp. Press F2. I put the CD-Rom as the first Boot
device. Then i press F10 to save and exit. Xp then loads as normal. I
then
restart. and it loads as normal again.
My question is how do i boot!???????? And How do i start my comp from
scratch again. i am apperantly not doing it right. Thanks for the help.


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