XP Crash!

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I was networking 2 laptops and the client crashed. I had a license conflict (XP Prowas installed), so I reformatted the 30GB HD with 98SE bootdisk because it was all I had on a bootable CD. Now when it starts installing 98 it freezes, I was going to install 98SE then XP Pro. I would like to know what am I doing wrong. I need to install an OS either 98 or XP Pro.
 
The XP CD is bootable. Just change the boot order in your BIOS.

Prince said:
I was networking 2 laptops and the client crashed. I had a license
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conflict (XP Prowas installed), so I reformatted the 30GB HD with 98SE
bootdisk because it was all I had on a bootable CD. Now when it starts
installing 98 it freezes, I was going to install 98SE then XP Pro. I would
like to know what am I doing wrong. I need to install an OS either 98 or XP
Pro.
 
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I was networking 2 laptops and the client crashed. I had
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a license conflict (XP Prowas installed), so I
reformatted the 30GB HD with 98SE bootdisk because it
was all I had on a bootable CD. Now when it starts
installing 98 it freezes, I was going to install 98SE
then XP Pro. I would like to know what am I doing wrong.
I need to install an OS either 98 or XP Pro.
.
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I would make sure that you do both of these, delete the
partition and do a full format on the drive.
 
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Prince said:
I was networking 2 laptops and the client crashed. I had a license
conflict (XP Prowas installed), so I reformatted the 30GB HD with
98SE bootdisk because it was all I had on a bootable CD. Now when it
starts installing 98 it freezes, I was going to install 98SE then XP
Pro.
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First, if you're using an upgrade version of XP, you do *not*
have to first install 98.

The requirement to use an upgrade version is to *own* a previous
qualifying version's installation CD (not an OEM restore CD), not
to have it installed. When setup doesn't find a previous
qualifying version installed, it will prompt you to insert its CD
as proof of ownership. Just insert the previous version's CD, and
follow the prompts. Everything proceeds quite normally and quite
legitimately.


I would like to know what am I doing wrong. I need to install an
OS either 98 or XP Pro.
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Just boot from the Windows XP CD and follow the prompts for a
clean installation. It will do the reformat for you.

You can find detailed instructions here:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
 
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