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p4tmemory · 08-20-2005, 04:34 PM

did copious reading about installing XP pro (full) then tried to do so a few hours ago... my system will boot from the cd...

so i got to the installation part ok...

got to Read and accept the licensing agreement and pressed F8 to accept it...

so far so good...

however, i was never prompted to do a full (clean?) install?! my only options was C: partition new 4087mb

I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS PARTION STUFF.

i want to completely REFORMAT my C: drive and install XP pro FULL!

no such luck...

i now have both XP and the old windows 2000 on my c: drive...

as i see it what i'm trying to do is FDISK drive C then clean install XP pro?

any ideas how i can get this windows MONKEY to work?

thanks for any enlightenment...

p4tmemory

08-20-2005, 04:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
p4tmemory Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 28 OS: win2000	XP pro installation from hell... did copious reading about installing XP pro (full) then tried to do so a few hours ago... my system will boot from the cd... so i got to the installation part ok... got to Read and accept the licensing agreement and pressed F8 to accept it... so far so good... however, i was never prompted to do a full (clean?) install?! my only options was C: partition new 4087mb I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS PARTION STUFF. i want to completely REFORMAT my C: drive and install XP pro FULL! no such luck... i now have both XP and the old windows 2000 on my c: drive... as i see it what i'm trying to do is FDISK drive C then clean install XP pro? any ideas how i can get this windows MONKEY to work? thanks for any enlightenment... p4tmemory