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baza31

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Registered: 19th Apr 03
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27th Mar 06 at 16:53

i know its in the wrong forum but i need a quick answer, i have a xp cd and when i put it in it says install> so i click on that and a warning pops up saying that this version i put in is older than the one on my comp> and i have to delete xp off before i can install this.

so how do i delete windows xp ? and then re format it? cheers

Corsa Sport Gav

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Registered: 12th Feb 03
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27th Mar 06 at 16:55

put cd in drive, restart computer and press enter wen it say boot from cd... if it goes str8 past this u will need to go into the BISO and make a cd drive a bootalbe device

Steve

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27th Mar 06 at 16:57

or bios

Corsa Sport Gav

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27th Mar 06 at 17:02

eye that one

PaulW

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27th Mar 06 at 17:03

BIOS wont do low-level formats on most modern boards, especially on SATA drives.`

James_DT

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27th Mar 06 at 17:44

Huh? You're only using the BIOS to allow the computer to boot the install CD from outside of Windows.

Steve

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27th Mar 06 at 17:45

yup. not sure why paulw thought i/we were on about using the bios to format the drive

baza31

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27th Mar 06 at 17:50

ok now when i turn my pc on it comes up a black screen saying "please choose what operating screen you want to start, and it comes up saying

Windows professional
Windows professional
Windows home

so how do i delete one of the professional and the home?

baza31

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27th Mar 06 at 17:56

Help

James_DT

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27th Mar 06 at 17:58

Start... Run....
"notepad c:\boot.ini" without the ""
Delete the lines.
Save and Quit.

[Edited on 27-03-2006 by James_DT]

baza31

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27th Mar 06 at 18:12

cheers mate your a star

Skylined

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27th Mar 06 at 18:46

quote:
Originally posted by baza31
ok now when i turn my pc on it comes up a black screen saying "please choose what operating screen you want to start, and it comes up saying

Windows professional
Windows professional
Windows home

so how do i delete one of the professional and the home?

wtf have u bin doin

Russ

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27th Mar 06 at 21:30

quote:
Originally posted by Skylined

quote:
Originally posted by baza31
ok now when i turn my pc on it comes up a black screen saying "please choose what operating screen you want to start, and it comes up saying

Windows professional
Windows professional
Windows home

so how do i delete one of the professional and the home?

wtf have u bin doin

he did a quick format and it leaves some data on