Re: Trying to install Xp old hard drive
- From: "Harry Ohrn MS MVP" <harry---@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 09:11:28 -0600
Unless you had some issues with your CD drive you should not have needed to
download the floppies as all Windows XP CDs are bootable and can perform the
tasks that the floppies gave you from it's Recovery Console.
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Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell\User]
"Mopar rules" <Moparrules@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thank you for your help. I downloaded the 6 "XP startup floppies" and am
now
reformating and partitionong the hard drive. :) Too cool!
"Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:
You need to start over and perform a "clean install".
Clean Install Windows XP
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
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"Mopar rules" wrote:
| Hi I'm tring to install XP. I wiped the hard drive and reformated with
a 98
| boot disc But now the code key won't work. How can I wipe the hard
drive
| clean before XP is fully installed with the XP disc? I'm new at XP so
please
| be patient with me. :)
| Tony
.
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