Installing Windows XP

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I just bought WinXP SP2 to replace WinMe. The Me is unusuable as the hard
drive got corrupted and now won't load.
The problem i have is that as Me won't load i have to load XP in DOS, but
when i try i am told that SETUP.EXE can't be loaded in DOS mode, unlike 98
etc.

So, how do i load XP onto a brand new hard drive???

Oh. just to complicate things, it is the Japanese version i'm loading!!

Thanks
 
Thanks for that.

I am aware about the language thing. My wife finds it a whole lot easier,
being Japanese, and you can load and use English software onto a Japanese
system no worries, but not visa-versa!
 
mooloomad said:
I just bought WinXP SP2 to replace WinMe. The Me is unusuable as the
hard drive got corrupted and now won't load.
The problem i have is that as Me won't load i have to load XP in DOS,
but when i try i am told that SETUP.EXE can't be loaded in DOS mode,
unlike 98 etc.

So, how do i load XP onto a brand new hard drive???

Oh. just to complicate things, it is the Japanese version i'm
loading!!

Thanks
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You boot from the CD and do a clean install.
Click on or copy and paste the link below into your web browser address bar.
How to clean install XP.
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
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Hi,

It's the winnt.exe file in the I386 folder on the CD that you must run to
setup from a boot floppy or DOS.

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mooloomad said:
I just bought WinXP SP2 to replace WinMe. The Me is unusuable as the
hard drive got corrupted and now won't load.
The problem i have is that as Me won't load i have to load XP in
DOS,
but when i try i am told that SETUP.EXE can't be loaded in DOS mode,
unlike 98 etc.

So, how do i load XP onto a brand new hard drive???

Oh. just to complicate things, it is the Japanese version i'm
loading!!

Thanks
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Simply boot from the WinXP installation CD. You'll be offered the
opportunity to delete, create, and format partitions as part of the
installation process. (You may need to re-arrange the order of boot
devices in the PC's BIOS to boot from the CD.)

HOW TO Install Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;316941

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm


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