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Dan
December 6th 03, 08:14 AM
>-----Original Message-----
>Here's some more information on a post that I have below.
>
>I bought an OEM version of XP that is not bootable. That
>means that I have to have the old drive in there.
>
>My hard drive is going bad and I would like to install XP
>on a new hard drive that I just bought.
>
>I physcially installed the drive and had put the XP CD in
>the CD drive. But I'm worried that the install program
>might install XP over the old drive instead of the new
>drive that I just bought.
>
>How do I make sure that it will install on the new
>drive? And remember, I need to have the old drive in
>there.
>
>Thanks,
>Terry
>..
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When the XP CD boots, it will give you a choice of what
drive to install XP on, so just let it do its thing and
choose the drive you want XP on.

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