how to do a clean install of xp ?

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Bill

I wanted to do a clean install of xp. Had full 98se disk and xp upgrade
disk. Booted from a floppy to dos, and was gonna format the drive and run
setup from the cd. Figured I would check first. When I ran setup, it said
"cannot run in dos mode".
This is always the way I have done clean installs of 98se. How do I do a
clean install if I can't do it from DOS ? Is it possible to format the
drive from within windows, then run setup in windows ?
 
You can boot from the XP upgrade cdrom and it will do a "new install" for
you--when you select "new install it will format the drive. Make sure your
boot sequence in your BIOS is set to "cdrom first."
 
Hi

The following article by MVP Michael Stevens will help you:

"Clean Install Windows XP"
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

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Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User


| I wanted to do a clean install of xp. Had full 98se disk and xp upgrade
| disk. Booted from a floppy to dos, and was gonna format the drive and run
| setup from the cd. Figured I would check first. When I ran setup, it said
| "cannot run in dos mode".
| This is always the way I have done clean installs of 98se. How do I do a
| clean install if I can't do it from DOS ? Is it possible to format the
| drive from within windows, then run setup in windows ?
|
|
 
Greetings --

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


Bruce Chambers
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Bill said:
I wanted to do a clean install of xp. Had full 98se disk and xp upgrade
disk. Booted from a floppy to dos, and was gonna format the drive and run
setup from the cd. Figured I would check first. When I ran setup, it said
"cannot run in dos mode".
This is always the way I have done clean installs of 98se. How do I do a
clean install if I can't do it from DOS ?
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You do it as part of a reinstall of the system after booting the XP CD
direct. Enter Setup, and after the license agreement take New Install.
When it asks you to confirm where, hit ESC; select and delete the
current partition and make a new RAW one to be formatted at the next
stage

The important point is the delete. Without that it will just go ahead
and make a new install over the top of the old one
 
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