Load windows xp on computer with no operating system

[Brian LaValley]

I just purchased a used Dell Latitude laptop with a cd
drive. I have a new windows xp cd. I want to put the
windows xp operating system on the computer, but I don't
know what to type in at the MS DOS prompt.

[Chris Lanier]

You boot from the Windows XP CD-ROM.

"Brian LaValley" > wrote in message
...
> I just purchased a used Dell Latitude laptop with a cd
> drive. I have a new windows xp cd. I want to put the
> windows xp operating system on the computer, but I don't
> know what to type in at the MS DOS prompt.

[Brian LaValley]

Thanks. I changed the boot disk to the CD and it worked.

>-----Original Message-----
>You boot from the Windows XP CD-ROM.
>
>"Brian LaValley" > wrote in message
...
>> I just purchased a used Dell Latitude laptop with a cd
>> drive. I have a new windows xp cd. I want to put the
>> windows xp operating system on the computer, but I don't
>> know what to type in at the MS DOS prompt.
>
>
>.
>

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

The WinXP CD is bootable, setup should start unaided. If not, switch to the
I386 folder on the CD and run winnt.exe from it.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

"Brian LaValley" > wrote in message
...
> I just purchased a used Dell Latitude laptop with a cd
> drive. I have a new windows xp cd. I want to put the
> windows xp operating system on the computer, but I don't
> know what to type in at the MS DOS prompt.