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Hi all ...
Yes, I know I made a wicked big mistake not checking to see if this box
I just bought had a true "Windows XP" disk. Turns out that it has a
"Restore" disk.
Actually I have used the disk something like four times as I was
changing around partitions and the like.
Problems:
There doesn't seem to be any way to get into fdisk to do partitions
right from the start as would be possible with a straight OEM Windows
XP disk.
I've also swapped out the video card already and am wondering precisely
how the thing will react the next time I need to reload Windows.
The restore disk also has Norton Anti-Virus on it which I really don't
need as, despite the abuse I have suffered from them, I still go with
McAfee.
Question ... I understand that there actually is a Windows OEM disk
embedded in the restore disk somewhere that one can run if one can get
to the file structure, but of course one would not be able to get to
the file structure unless one had already loaded Windows.
Is there any way to do a clean Windows install and is there any way to
get into fdisk from that disc?
Thanks!
Ax
Hi all ...
Yes, I know I made a wicked big mistake not checking to see if this box
I just bought had a true "Windows XP" disk. Turns out that it has a
"Restore" disk.
Actually I have used the disk something like four times as I was
changing around partitions and the like.
Problems:
There doesn't seem to be any way to get into fdisk to do partitions
right from the start as would be possible with a straight OEM Windows
XP disk.
I've also swapped out the video card already and am wondering precisely
how the thing will react the next time I need to reload Windows.
The restore disk also has Norton Anti-Virus on it which I really don't
need as, despite the abuse I have suffered from them, I still go with
McAfee.
Question ... I understand that there actually is a Windows OEM disk
embedded in the restore disk somewhere that one can run if one can get
to the file structure, but of course one would not be able to get to
the file structure unless one had already loaded Windows.
Is there any way to do a clean Windows install and is there any way to
get into fdisk from that disc?
Thanks!
Ax