Re: Try to solve this crazy problem

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From: JAX (slipslide_at_pop.not)
Date: 07/21/04 

Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 04:05:02 -0700

First, what in the world made you think that was the way to accomplish
anything?

An XP CD is bootable, home or pro. Set your BIOS to first boot to CD. Insert
the CD and reboot. That is, after you disconnect anything you may have
hooked to the "Damn" laptop. Follow the instructions for a clean install
from the following site.
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
Thanks to Michael Stevens

LOL, JAX

"Wayne Stearns" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:11bb01c46f0b$382f3dc0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> Ok, I have been searching high and low for a fix to my
> problem. Naturally it has been unsuccessful...Anyway,
>
> I was trying to delete my Windows XP Home Edition so I
> edited the boot.ini. Unfortunately after I did this, I
> could not find my Windows XP Professional Edition CD! So
> now I have no OS and can't boot up anything. Well, it
> turns out that I have a damn laptop with no floppy drive,
> so I can't make the floppy backups. Is there anything I
> can do AT ALL to get back on the right track? I'm
> racking my brain over here...thanks

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