I have a desktop that initially had windows 98se. Since this machine was about 5 years old, it had a lot of clutter. I meanwhile had the full version of windows XP pro SP2. The funny thing is that since I wanted to remove all the old files with my old OS and load from scratch win XP I tried to install it. However, the system only allowed me to install XP while I was logged in, which surely installed XP but left the old clutter of files.
I read that the old files can be removed if the installation is done by booting to a Win XP, that protocol is supposed to format the hard drive completely. I checked that my boot preference was from the CD. But to my dismay the I dont get the format option and the computer boots up to the installed XP. Maybe something is not right with the CD. But I tried to check the CD if it boots up to give the format option at the start on my old laptop and I got the same response as above.
I really want to format and do a clean install of Win XP on my desktop.
2006-07-17
22:24:32
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Mike
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