WINXP

[drew]

What is the command to install XPPro from a command
prompt using a 98 startup disk on a new HD? Keeps saying
this command cannot be run in DOS mode

[Bigbyte Palma]

"drew" > wrote in message
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> What is the command to install XPPro from a command
> prompt using a 98 startup disk on a new HD? Keeps saying
> this command cannot be run in DOS mode

d:\i386\winnt32.exe

[Nicholas]

HOW TO: Start Setup from MS-DOS in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=3Dkb;en-us;307848


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Nicholas

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"drew" > wrote in message:
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| What is the command to install XPPro from a command=20
| prompt using a 98 startup disk on a new HD? Keeps saying=20
| this command cannot be run in DOS mode

[Harry Ohrn]

Installing from DOS will be painfully slow. Is there a reason why you can
not boot off the XP CD and install that way?

--

Harry Ohrn - MS MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


"drew" > wrote in message
...
> What is the command to install XPPro from a command
> prompt using a 98 startup disk on a new HD? Keeps saying
> this command cannot be run in DOS mode

[drew]

>-----Original Message-----
>Installing from DOS will be painfully slow. Is there a
reason why you can
>not boot off the XP CD and install that way?
>
>--
>
>Harry Ohrn - MS MVP [Shell/User]
>www.webtree.ca/windowsxp
>
>
>"drew" > wrote in message
...
>> What is the command to install XPPro from a command
>> prompt using a 98 startup disk on a new HD? Keeps
saying
>> this command cannot be run in DOS mode
>
>
>.
>When I try to boot up from the CDRom, the key board
seems to freezeup and I cannot "press any key to boot
from the cdrom", this is a new HD, I ran a 98 startup
disk and created a partition and formatted it with fat32,

[Harry Ohrn]

Do you have a usb or ps2 keyboard? check your BIOS settings to enable usb
keyboard if it is that type.
--

Harry Ohrn - MS MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


"drew" > wrote in message
...
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Installing from DOS will be painfully slow. Is there a
> reason why you can
> >not boot off the XP CD and install that way?
> >
> >--
> >
> >Harry Ohrn - MS MVP [Shell/User]
> >www.webtree.ca/windowsxp
> >
> >
> >"drew" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> What is the command to install XPPro from a command
> >> prompt using a 98 startup disk on a new HD? Keeps
> saying
> >> this command cannot be run in DOS mode
> >
> >
> >.
> >When I try to boot up from the CDRom, the key board
> seems to freezeup and I cannot "press any key to boot
> from the cdrom", this is a new HD, I ran a 98 startup
> disk and created a partition and formatted it with fat32,