can not reinstall XP

[widgeonjim]

I have a Win98 Master CD. I have WinXP-Home upgrade CD.
I want to rebuild my OS completely. The BIOS checks CD
and floppy before it tries to boot from the HD. When I
put the CD in, the system boots as normal from the HD -
it does not try to boot from the CD as it should.

How can I force the system to boot from the CD and
reformat the HD and reinstall XP?

tia,
jim

[Mike Brannigan [MSFT]]

"widgeonjim" > wrote in message
...
> I have a Win98 Master CD. I have WinXP-Home upgrade CD.
> I want to rebuild my OS completely. The BIOS checks CD
> and floppy before it tries to boot from the HD. When I
> put the CD in, the system boots as normal from the HD -
> it does not try to boot from the CD as it should.
>
> How can I force the system to boot from the CD and
> reformat the HD and reinstall XP?

You need to change the boot order in you BIOS to ensure that the CD is the
first Boot device.
(see your PC/BIOS manual for how to do this)
Then reboot with the CD in the drive and watch the screen for the "Press a
key to boot from CD" prompt
Then press a key and your PC will boot from the CD and setup will continue

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Regards,

Mike
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"widgeonjim" > wrote in message
...
> I have a Win98 Master CD. I have WinXP-Home upgrade CD.
> I want to rebuild my OS completely. The BIOS checks CD
> and floppy before it tries to boot from the HD. When I
> put the CD in, the system boots as normal from the HD -
> it does not try to boot from the CD as it should.
>
> How can I force the system to boot from the CD and
> reformat the HD and reinstall XP?
>
> tia,
> jim

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

You need to enter the system BIOS and change the boot order so that the =
CD drive is recognized first.

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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

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> I have a Win98 Master CD. I have WinXP-Home upgrade CD. =20
> I want to rebuild my OS completely. The BIOS checks CD=20
> and floppy before it tries to boot from the HD. When I=20
> put the CD in, the system boots as normal from the HD -=20
> it does not try to boot from the CD as it should.
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> How can I force the system to boot from the CD and=20
> reformat the HD and reinstall XP?
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> tia,
> jim