Crashed Hard drive with ME system. Using XP to replace.

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John Potter

If this is not the right place to be, I would appreciate
directions to the right place. I've never done this
before.

Problem: The hard drive crashed on one of my computers
(Pesario 5000) and I replaced the Hard disc. I was using
Me and have purchased XP home. When I insert XP CD after
using the startup disk I made when I bought the computer I
get message Invalid System disk. Any suggestions?
 
The Windows XP CD is bootable and contains all the tools necessary to
partition and format your drive. Follow this procedure and allow Windows XP
to partition and format your drive:

1. Open your BIOS and set your CD Drive as the first bootable device.
2. Insert your Windows XP CD in the CD Drive and reboot your omputer.
3. You'll see a message to boot to the CD....follow the instructions.
4. The setup menu will appear and you should elect to delete the existing
Windows partitions, then create a new partition, then format the primary
partition (preferably NTFS) and proceed to install Windows XP.

5. Clean Install Windows XP
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
[Courtesy of Michael Stevens, MS-MVP]

6. After installing Windows XP, be sure and visit the support website of
the manufacturer of the computer to download and install any available
Windows XP compatible drivers, such as video adapter and audio drivers.
 
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