installing win XP

[Jason]

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i am trying to put windows XP on a computer. no windows
program is on hard drive. So all i have is dos mode. How
can i get windows to install on hard drive?

 

[Guest]

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Clean install of XP:
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm

>-----Original Message-----
>i am trying to put windows XP on a computer. no windows
>program is on hard drive. So all i have is dos mode. How
>can i get windows to install on hard drive?
>.
>

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?)

Hi,

Boot the CD itself (if the system supports it), run setup. If it doesn't,
boot with a 9x floppy, load CD support, and run the winnt.exe file from the
I386 directory on the CD.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Jason" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:004a01c4936c$70cb01c0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>i am trying to put windows XP on a computer. no windows
> program is on hard drive. So all i have is dos mode. How
> can i get windows to install on hard drive?