Does XP need a Boot disk?

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My friend got a worm in her computer and all her files have corrupted. I'm wiping/formatting it tomorrow. She has XP on a disk. Does XP need a boot disk or anything? Or Do i need to bring my Windows 98 SE disk and install it, then upgrade it? Any help will be appriciated

 

[Mike Brannigan [MSFT]]

My friend got a worm in her computer and all her files have corrupted. I'm

wiping/formatting it tomorrow. She has XP on a disk. Does XP need a boot
disk or anything? Or Do i need to bring my Windows 98 SE disk and install
it, then upgrade it? Any help will be appriciated

Your friend can boot directly from the Windows XP CD ROM.
No boot disk is required.

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My friend got a worm in her computer and all her files have corrupted. I'm

wiping/formatting it tomorrow. She has XP on a disk. Does XP need a boot
disk or anything? Or Do i need to bring my Windows 98 SE disk and install
it, then upgrade it? Any help will be appriciated

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Boot diskettes are a thing of the past, as all legitimate WinXP
installation CDs are already bootable.

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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My friend got a worm in her computer and all her files have

corrupted. I'm wiping/formatting it tomorrow. She has XP on a disk.
Does XP need a boot disk or anything? Or Do i need to bring my Windows
98 SE disk and install it, then upgrade it? Any help will be
appriciated