The bootdisk.com site is safe to use. You must download the files to your hard disk, then transfer them to a floppy diskette. Your Windows XP CD will be unusable because it cannot boot to a DOS prompt, although you could use it to go through the first portions of an XP install (until you have deleted the C:\ partition, recreated it, then formatted it with the FAT32 file system), stop the installation, then install ME. (A downloaded startup floppy disk is probably a more direct way of getting her hard drive formatted.)
bootdisk.com is safe to use. You can download the bootdisk software to any computer and run it to create a bootable floppy disk. You can then use that floppy disk on another computer.
Thank you for your help. I successfully downloaded the disc and have partially installed. I am getting a prompt: Overwrite C:/Windows\Explorer.exe? y or n.
Did you format C:\ before using the Windows ME CD? It sounds as though it is trying to do a "dirty" install, which normally results in an unstable system. The messages you should see during an install are listed
here.
Denny Denham
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The bootdisk.com site is safe to use. You must download the files to your hard disk, then transfer them to a floppy diskette. Your Windows XP CD will be unusable because it cannot boot to a DOS prompt, although you could use it to go through the first portions of an XP install (until you have deleted the C:\ partition, recreated it, then formatted it with the FAT32 file system), stop the installation, then install ME. (A downloaded startup floppy disk is probably a more direct way of getting her hard drive formatted.)
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August 12th, 2004 01:00
bootdisk.com is safe to use. You can download the bootdisk software to any computer and run it to create a bootable floppy disk. You can then use that floppy disk on another computer.
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August 12th, 2004 13:00
Thank you for your help. I successfully downloaded the disc and have partially installed. I am getting a prompt: Overwrite C:/Windows\Explorer.exe? y or n.
What do I put?
Thanks
Denny Denham
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August 12th, 2004 15:00
Did you format C:\ before using the Windows ME CD? It sounds as though it is trying to do a "dirty" install, which normally results in an unstable system. The messages you should see during an install are listed here.