Re: Need help with Setup of XP

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Thanks for the quick post back but thats not my problem.I try to run a clean
install and I will put it in format the haddrive everything, but once its
done with the first part of the setup process and restarts the computer it
just doesnt prompt it back up instead it loads and goes to boot from cd
screen again. If I dont boot it will just tell me something is wrong with my
os which I knowsince there is none on this HD. Any other ideas?

"Will Denny" wrote:

> Hi
>
> Have a look at the following articles by Michael Stevens regarding a
> 'Repair' and 'Clean' install of XP:
>
> "How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install"
> http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
>
> "Clean Install Windows XP "
> http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
>
> --
>
> Will Denny
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
> Please reply to the News Groups
>
>
> "Darko13" <Darko13@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:BD3A414C-61BF-4E48-A9E4-B5188B7B8BC3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >I just built a new computer and it was running fine, when all of a sudden
> >it
> > crashed and would not restart. Eventually I tried to reinstall but it will
> > not work. Everytime i load the computer it simply goes to "boot from cd"
> > option and even if I got through setup when it rstarts and should take me
> > back into the second setup screen it just tries to boot from cd. can
> > anyone
> > help please?
>
>
>
.

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