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Having trouble reformatting, please help!
I am trying to reformat my pc.
I know what to do and stuff but when I change it so that CD rom boots in front of hard drive, it just goes on normal. Even if I disable the drive c, it wont work. Do I have the right CD? Im using the Windows XP Pro CD V. 1a. I believe I do because when I put it in and try to reformat from windows desktop it says to restart my pc and try it. Can anyone help
Thanks,
Mihnea
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November 16th, 2004 11:00
* Remove any/all external devices (printer, scanner, camera, joystick) from the computer except the mouse & keyboard
* Insert the operating system CD into the top CD drive
* Restart the system
* Tap Delete or DEL to enter setup
* Right arrow to Boot
* Down arrow to Boot Device Priority [press the ENTER key]
* Down arrow to CD-ROM
* Press the space key or the (+) (-) keys to move CD-ROM to the top of the list
* Press the F10 key to Save and Exit
2400, 4300, 4500, 4500S, 8100, 8200
* Remove any/all external devices (printer, scanner, camera, joystick) from the computer except the mouse & keyboard
* Insert the operating system CD into the top CD drive
* Restart the system
* Press CTRL+ALT+F8 key sequence used to specify a particular boot device
* Press the number for CD-ROM [press Enter]
* Your system will now boot to the operating system CD that you had inserted into the top CD drive
* The following message appears: Press any key to boot from the CD
* Press the [Spacebar] to boot to the CD
2200, 2300, 2350, 2400, 3000, 4400, 4500, 4500S, 4550, 4600, 4600C, 4700C, 4700, 8250, 8300, 8400, XPS1, XPS2, XPS3
* Remove any/all external devices (printer, scanner, camera, joystick) from the computer except the mouse & keyboard
* Insert the operating system CD into the top CD drive
* Restart the system
* Tap F12 to enter the Boot Menu
* Press the number for CD-ROM [press Enter]
* Your system will now boot to the operating system CD that you had inserted into the top CD drive
* The following message appears: Press any key to boot from the CD
* Press the [Spacebar] to boot to the CD