Re: Unable to boot from win xp upgrade cd
- From: "Gerry Cornell" <gcjc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 15:08:23 -0000
Don
Why are you trying to do a clean install?
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"Don Ray" <donraysr@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:u7C9awE7FHA.3660@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Several years ago I upgraded from win 98 to win xp home on my dimension t500. I have done a clean install several times since. Now when I try it, I get the prompt "hit any key to boot from cd". However when I hit a key (tried many times) it goes right to windows startup. I uninstalled sp2 and get same result. I checked setup and the cd is at the top of the boot order. I tried upgrading BIOS from dell downloads using floppy. Hung up every time with a msg "invalid disk". (On previous reinstall, i set file format to NTFS. Floppy is still FAT. Don't know if this is significant). The cd drive appears to operate normally in all other respects. In fact, I did a "non-boot" reinstall from the upgrade cd. But could not find a way around ending up with duplicate window xp os on hardrive. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
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