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I'm having trouble installing WinXP on my Dell Dimension L933r PC. We've had the machine for 3 years, and it has been giving us trouble recently, so we decided to dump all the files onto an external hard drive, wipe the C: clean, and install WinXP. But when we try to new install the XP and clean the drive and the Winxp setup menu shows up after restart, it wond't let us clean the internal hard drive because "Windows already has necessary setup components on this partition." So, we would like to be able to format the internal hard drive and still be able to install XP. Any suggestions? Thanks.
 
Hello,

Insert the CD, and reboot the computer, so it boots from the CD. This will
give you the option to format the drive.

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Kristofer Gafvert
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Sirdoudofapples said:
I'm having trouble installing WinXP on my Dell Dimension L933r PC. We've
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had the machine for 3 years, and it has been giving us trouble recently, so
we decided to dump all the files onto an external hard drive, wipe the C:
clean, and install WinXP. But when we try to new install the XP and clean
the drive and the Winxp setup menu shows up after restart, it wond't let us
clean the internal hard drive because "Windows already has necessary setup
components on this partition." So, we would like to be able to format the
internal hard drive and still be able to install XP. Any suggestions?
Thanks.
 
See Bruce Chambers answer to 'how can i format hard drive in XP' in the
prior post.


Sirdoudofapples said:
I'm having trouble installing WinXP on my Dell Dimension L933r PC. We've
Click to expand...
had the machine for 3 years, and it has been giving us trouble recently, so
we decided to dump all the files onto an external hard drive, wipe the C:
clean, and install WinXP. But when we try to new install the XP and clean
the drive and the Winxp setup menu shows up after restart, it wond't let us
clean the internal hard drive because "Windows already has necessary setup
components on this partition." So, we would like to be able to format the
internal hard drive and still be able to install XP. Any suggestions?
Thanks.
 
I have tried this, but upon restarting, there is no difference in the booting, no autrun menu, no nothing.I just don't know what to do.
 
Hello,

If your computer is not old enough, you can enable this in BIOS. During
start up, look for a message that tells you which key to press to access
BIOS (it varies). From there you should be able to change the boot up
sequence, and make it possible to boot from a CD.

--
Regards,
Kristofer Gafvert
Reply to newsgroup only. Remove NEWS if you must reply by email, but please
do not.
www.ilopia.com - FAQ and Tutorials for Windows Server 2003


Sirdoudofapples said:
I have tried this, but upon restarting, there is no difference in the
Click to expand...
booting, no autrun menu, no nothing.I just don't know what to do.
 
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