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Tommy
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HOW
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Last known good menu?
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I mean from a formatted drive Sam, otherwise i have to install Windows n then XP afterwards
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So do you have a DOS formatted drive, and you want to install an upgrade version of XP is that right?
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I am going to formatt the drive and been told XP aint bootable.

whats the easier way to formatt a drive ?
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go into bios make it look up ya cd or make a bootable disk? then install via dos?
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i love the way u put a ? at the end makes me soo trust u. LOL
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What you do is go into the BIOS, and make the CD-ROM drive the bootable drive, save exit and reboot with the XP CD in the drive, and the install program should run automatically, you don't even need to format the drive in DOS beforehand as the setup program can do this for you.
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Right i will try when i get home if ure wrong " I vill keel you "
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I GOT MY COPY OF WINDOWS 2003 IN THE POST ON FRIDAY
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is it n e good ??
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quote:
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Right i will try when i get home if ure wrong " I vill keel you "


I shit you not, as I did this recently for a friend's computer.
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quote:
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I GOT MY COPY OF WINDOWS 2003 IN THE POST ON FRIDAY


It'll probably be called XP2i
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Best way to formatt ?
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Best way to formatt ?


Just let the install program run, and it'll ask you whether you want to format it as FAT16, FAT32, or NTFS (which is the default option).
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hmm...installed it last night.
not had a good look at it yet.

installation was easier than normal i remember. Wouldn't let me upgrade from XP tho so had to do full format, took bout 45mins formatting my drive
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format c: /q

Quick format, does it in seconds. Although probably not avaliable in the windows setup program.
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are you talking to me?

I could have done a quick format...but was doing a full NTFS format
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are you talking to me?


Not specifically, just anyone who'll listen really...
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What's the point in formatting the drive in DOS if you can do this with the XP setup program anyway?
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quote:
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I GOT MY COPY OF WINDOWS 2003 IN THE POST ON FRIDAY


I just looked on Microsoft's web site and I couldn't see anything about a Windows 2003? Although I did order a free XP SP1 CD from there, surprised they don't charge people for CD-ROM updates...
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quote:
Originally posted by loafofbrett
I GOT MY COPY OF WINDOWS 2003 IN THE POST ON FRIDAY


I just looked on Microsoft's web site and I couldn't see anything about a Windows 2003? Although I did order a free XP SP1 CD from there, surprised they don't charge people for CD-ROM updates...


look harder
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quote:
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What's the point in formatting the drive in DOS if you can do this with the XP setup program anyway?


The setup program does a full format, if you do a quick format in DOS you save a shedload of time depending on the size of your drive.
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So a quick format gets rid of everything then ?
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quote:
Originally posted by LoudandLow
So a quick format gets rid of everything then ?


except poo

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