Dean_H
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Registered: 19th May 02
Location: Rhondda Cynon Taff
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Right my friend bought a new computer with out no o/s installed.
I have a copy of win xp but does he need any boot discs or anything???
And how do you format a hard-drive if you have winxp installed? cause there is no dos to type in format c:
? cheers!
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_Allan_
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Registered: 24th Mar 04
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Just needs XP and it will give you an option to format the C:\ when you put the CD in.
Sorry needs to make sure that the machine can boot from the CD.
Some more info on a clean install
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/expert/honeycutt_02october07.mspx
[Edited on 17-03-2005 by _Allan_]
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Dean_H
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Registered: 19th May 02
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Cheers so xp boots from cd now?
If it doesnt boot from cd and tries to boot from floppy how do i change the settings? Bios?
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mazdaspeed
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Registered: 8th Jan 05
Location: Darlington
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Bios and set 1st boot device to CD-ROM.
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