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Post August 25th, 2005, 10:09 am

that was a waste of time and a cd it jus came back to windows and i tried the windows xp and it doesnt clear everything it just reloads everything back on...plus i want to get rid of windows 2000
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Post August 25th, 2005, 10:09 am

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Post August 25th, 2005, 10:14 am

When burning it you need to set it as "bootable" or use a program that does raw writing.
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Post August 25th, 2005, 10:31 am

im out of cd''s owell maybe on day i'll format it somehow thnx tho..
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Post August 25th, 2005, 10:35 am

Your Microsoft Windows CD has all those abilities. Boot from the CD. It will detect your current OS installs, but I believe you have to hit F8 to continue installing Windows. Then it will show a list of drives
Delete the partitions and create new ones.

If you read the screens carefully you will be able to do it.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;316941 wrote:
Perform a clean install of Windows XP
A clean installation refers to removing all data from your hard disk by repartitioning and reformatting your hard disk and reinstalling the operating system and programs to an empty (clean) hard disk. You should back up all important information before you perform a clean installation of Windows XP.

For additional information about important things to consider before you partition and format you hard disk and how to partition and format your hard disk by using the Windows XP Setup program, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
313348 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/313348/) How to partition and format a hard disk in Windows XP
After you have backed up all your important information, follow these steps to install Windows XP:
1. Start your computer from the Windows XP CD-ROM. To do this, insert the Windows XP CD-ROM into your CD drive or DVD drive, and then restart your computer.
2. When you see the "Press any key to boot from CD" message, press any key to start the computer from the Windows XP CD-ROM.
3. At the Welcome to Setup screen, press ENTER to start Windows XP Setup.
4. Read the End-User License Agreement, and then press F8.
5. Follow the instructions on the screen to select and format a partition where you want to install Windows XP.
6. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete Windows XP Setup.


Also: http://support.microsoft.com/default.as ... -us;316941
How to Use the Fdisk Tool and the Format Tool to Partition or Repartition a Hard Disk
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Post August 25th, 2005, 10:41 am

i'll try hey thnx i'll do it now and let you know thnx
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Post August 25th, 2005, 10:44 am

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i'll try hey thnx i'll do it now and let you know thnx


I just edited my previous post but you replied before I could finish. Look at it if you have any trouble.
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Post August 25th, 2005, 12:43 pm

The disk zapper disk works just fine. I use it almost on a daily basis here at work. You must have done something wrong when you burned it. Such as burning it as a data CD and not an image would be my first guess.
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Post August 25th, 2005, 12:56 pm

Hey i got it to work i didnt read properly the first time but the windows 2000 is still on my computer and i think thats why i couldn't delet the partiton or watever its called but it did delet the stuff...if you know how i can delete the windows 2000 please let me know
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Post August 25th, 2005, 2:43 pm

I'll grab my digital camera and make step by step images on how to format the drive later on tonight.
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Post August 26th, 2005, 7:11 am

that will be cool coz tyhat option 4 windows xp and 2000 is annoying me and i formatted xp nicely competely..
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Post August 26th, 2005, 8:08 am

You actually formatted the drive and 2000 is still there? How many disk drives & partitions do you have?
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Post August 26th, 2005, 10:10 am

i jus have c: but i cldnt like delete it it sayed something about tempary folders or something i think coz of windows 2000 or something.
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Post August 26th, 2005, 10:20 am

Can you take a screenshot of that and post it? I have never seen the windows installation disk complain about temporary folders.
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Post August 27th, 2005, 10:28 am

ok i'll try take one but then i have to like install and *plum* i think my comps cool 4 now..one day i'll try get 2000 off

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