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| Win XP question When installing XP on a new harddrive without any operating system, do you need startup floppys like Win 2K?? ************************************************** ***************** Spam controlled e-mail. Remove "virusfree." to respond ************************************************** ***************** Colyn Goodson Ft. Worth, Texas http://home.swbell.net/colyng Updated with new photos http://www.colyngoodson.com 625 and 675 mercury battery fix http://www.colyngoodson.com/minolta.htm http://www.colyngoodson.com/cameras.htm Camera manuals http://www.colyngoodson.com/manuals.htm |
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| Re: Win XP question Colyn <colyng@virusfree.swbell.net> wrote in news:h3nmnvk034dpmlqgj9lveihrajv7ru5shh@4ax.com: > > When installing XP on a new harddrive without any operating system, do > you need startup floppys like Win 2K?? > > > > ************************************************** ***************** > Spam controlled e-mail. Remove "virusfree." to respond > ************************************************** ***************** > Colyn Goodson > Ft. Worth, Texas > > http://home.swbell.net/colyng > > Updated with new photos > http://www.colyngoodson.com > > 625 and 675 mercury battery fix > > http://www.colyngoodson.com/minolta.htm > http://www.colyngoodson.com/cameras.htm > > Camera manuals > > http://www.colyngoodson.com/manuals.htm > I would think that the Win XP CD is bootable and you can goto the BIOS of late model computers and tell it to boot from CD and start the install process. Hopefully, you have a CD player. Duane :) |
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| Re: Win XP question On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 01:39:47 GMT, Duane Arnold <notme@notme.com> wrote: >> When installing XP on a new harddrive without any operating system, do >> you need startup floppys like Win 2K?? >> >I would think that the Win XP CD is bootable and you can goto the BIOS of >late model computers and tell it to boot from CD and start the install >process. Hopefully, you have a CD player. > > The computer in question does have a CD player. My sisters computer had XP but the hdd crashed. I have a XP Pro disk which I've never installed and wanted to make sure. Thanks ************************************************** ***************** Spam controlled e-mail. Remove "virusfree." to respond ************************************************** ***************** Colyn Goodson Ft. Worth, Texas http://home.swbell.net/colyng Updated with new photos http://www.colyngoodson.com 625 and 675 mercury battery fix http://www.colyngoodson.com/minolta.htm http://www.colyngoodson.com/cameras.htm Camera manuals http://www.colyngoodson.com/manuals.htm |
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| Re: Win XP question No, the cd itself is bootable. Colyn wrote: > > When installing XP on a new harddrive without any operating system, do > you need startup floppys like Win 2K?? > > ************************************************** ***************** > Spam controlled e-mail. Remove "virusfree." to respond > ************************************************** ***************** > Colyn Goodson > Ft. Worth, Texas > > http://home.swbell.net/colyng > > Updated with new photos > http://www.colyngoodson.com > > 625 and 675 mercury battery fix > > http://www.colyngoodson.com/minolta.htm > http://www.colyngoodson.com/cameras.htm > > Camera manuals > > http://www.colyngoodson.com/manuals.htm |
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| Re: Win XP question On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 11:02:35 GMT, Wizard <no@stinking.ads.com> wrote: >No, the cd itself is bootable. > I also have to go into the setup and enable the CD player so during startup the CD will boot.. ************************************************** ***************** Spam controlled e-mail. Remove "virusfree." to respond ************************************************** ***************** Colyn Goodson Ft. Worth, Texas http://home.swbell.net/colyng Updated with new photos http://www.colyngoodson.com 625 and 675 mercury battery fix http://www.colyngoodson.com/minolta.htm http://www.colyngoodson.com/cameras.htm Camera manuals http://www.colyngoodson.com/manuals.htm |
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| Re: Win XP question Of course not! Please try to ask more inteligent questions! "Duane Arnold" <notme@notme.com> wrote in message news:Xns9407D23483A59notmenotmecom@204.127.204.17. .. > Colyn <colyng@virusfree.swbell.net> wrote in > news:h3nmnvk034dpmlqgj9lveihrajv7ru5shh@4ax.com: > > > > > When installing XP on a new harddrive without any operating system, do > > you need startup floppys like Win 2K?? > > > > > > > > ************************************************** ***************** > > Spam controlled e-mail. Remove "virusfree." to respond > > ************************************************** ***************** > > Colyn Goodson > > Ft. Worth, Texas > > > > http://home.swbell.net/colyng > > > > Updated with new photos > > http://www.colyngoodson.com > > > > 625 and 675 mercury battery fix > > > > http://www.colyngoodson.com/minolta.htm > > http://www.colyngoodson.com/cameras.htm > > > > Camera manuals > > > > http://www.colyngoodson.com/manuals.htm > > > > I would think that the Win XP CD is bootable and you can goto the BIOS of > late model computers and tell it to boot from CD and start the install > process. Hopefully, you have a CD player. > > Duane :) |
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| Re: Win XP question On Sat, 4 Oct 2003 23:40:17 -0400, "clint" <bocarsm********.com> wrote: >Of course not! Please try to ask more inteligent questions! > Are you always this rude?? ************************************************** ***************** Spam controlled e-mail. Remove "virusfree." to respond ************************************************** ***************** Colyn Goodson Ft. Worth, Texas http://home.swbell.net/colyng Updated with new photos http://www.colyngoodson.com 625 and 675 mercury battery fix http://www.colyngoodson.com/minolta.htm http://www.colyngoodson.com/cameras.htm Camera manuals http://www.colyngoodson.com/manuals.htm |
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| Re: Win XP question Colyn wrote: > On Sat, 4 Oct 2003 23:40:17 -0400, "clint" <bocarsm********.com> > wrote: > >> Of course not! Please try to ask more inteligent questions! >> > Are you always this rude?? He's a top poster. That pretty much explains it. |
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