win xp install (help needed)

[Simon]

I have win xp installed and i got a error and had to uninstall it, but when
i boot from floppy and try to reinstall xp it say's can not run from dos.
can someone tell me how to reinstall xp from a dos prompt.

TIA

[WIRED]

On Sat, 8 Nov 2003 13:38:15 +0000 (UTC), Simon wrote:

> I have win xp installed and i got a error and had to uninstall it, but when
> i boot from floppy and try to reinstall xp it say's can not run from dos.
> can someone tell me how to reinstall xp from a dos prompt.
>
> TIA

You don't boot from a floppy. Boot right from the install CD.

In some cases you will need to enter your system BIOS and change
your settings to allow it to boot from the CD.

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Simon,

If the hard drive is FAT32 formatted, you can use a DOS boot disk. Run
WINNT.EXE in the I386 folder of the CD.

Make sure that you're boot disk has Smartdrv.exe on it, it will make the
install much faster.

But as the others said, the XP CD is bootable as well.

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"Simon" > wrote in message
...
> I have win xp installed and i got a error and had to uninstall it, but
when
> i boot from floppy and try to reinstall xp it say's can not run from dos.
> can someone tell me how to reinstall xp from a dos prompt.
>
> TIA
>
>

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Why are you using a floppy?

Simply boot from the WinXP installation CD. You'll be offered the
opportunity to delete, create, and format partitions as part of the
installation process. (You may need to re-arrange the order of boot
devices in the PC's BIOS to boot from the CD.)

HOW TO Install Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;316941

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm


Bruce Chambers

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"Simon" > wrote in message
...
> I have win xp installed and i got a error and had to uninstall it,
but when
> i boot from floppy and try to reinstall xp it say's can not run from
dos.
> can someone tell me how to reinstall xp from a dos prompt.
>
> TIA
>
>

[Simon]

OK thanks to everyone i should have enough info to install xp.
I appreciate everyone's help, Thanks to you all.

Kind Regards
Simon


"Simon" > wrote in message
...
> I have win xp installed and i got a error and had to uninstall it, but
when
> i boot from floppy and try to reinstall xp it say's can not run from dos.
> can someone tell me how to reinstall xp from a dos prompt.
>
> TIA
>
>