I'm trying to reinstall XP on my computer, and it tells me to select a partition on which to install. I'm trying to delete the partition with the old XP on it, but when i try to i get an error message that says
"Setup is unable to perform the requested operation on the selected partition. This partition contains temporary Setup files that are required to complete the installation.
How can I get around this and delete the partition? Please help

khm7x wrote:
> I'm trying to reinstall XP on my computer, and it tells me to select
> a partition on which to install. I'm trying to delete the partition
> with the old XP on it, but when i try to i get an error message that
> says: "Setup is unable to perform the requested operation on the
> selected partition. This partition contains temporary Setup files
> that are required to complete the installation."
> How can I get around this and delete the partition? Please help


Just to be sure, you are booting from the CD, correct?
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/cleanxp.htm

If yes, and the clean boot from CD won't let you do it, then do this
first...
Download a Win98/ME boot disk, create it, boot with it, FDISK/Format the
drive with FAT32.
Then follow the above instructions for a clean installation (the web page
link), including the deletion of the partition and creation of a new one,
again.

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If one deletes the partition before entering set-up of xp and xp is a
upgrade,youll come to a complete halt right thier.XP will look for previou
windows os,and with none to be found you wont get any farther.

My XP isnt an upgrade