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From: jah711 (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/30/04 

Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 17:16:21 -0800

I want to install XP Pro on a blank-clean hdd. How do you
make a startup disk or boot disk to install XP through
DOS?

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