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[neptunes]

Is there a way that I can turn my Win XP Upgrade into WinXP bootable?

I feel like formatting but I don't have the bootable version.

 

[neptunes]

anyone, I really need to know this.

 

[Deg]

How does your system boot? and how does xp boot or run?

 

[Tekky]

What makes you feel it isn't bootable?

All previous Windoze upgrades have been bootable.
The upgrades just made you put in a disk of a qualifying previous version.

 

[neptunes]

sorry for the long-awaited reply.

I want to do a clean installation right after I format, but the Windows XP cd I have can only be used if you have a previous windows installed. (98,2000 etc...) and cannot be installed on a empty HD directly.

Is there a work-around?

 

[Scoobert]

All you have to do is put the cd in and restart, it's bootable. If it's not booting, then you have to go to your PC's bios and make your cd drive the first bootable device. Probably if you have a floppy drive, it's the first bootable device.

Or you can just insert the cd and run setup.

Either way, you can do a clean install with XP Upgrade. When you go into the whole setup menu it will ask if you want to format. If you already formated your hard drive, XP Upgrade will then instead ask you to insert the CD of a previous version of Windows.

Hope that helps, sorry if it isn't clear.

 

[neptunes]

but my cd-rom boots up my win 98 new installation cd.

but I'll try running it and see what happens.

 

[Scoobert]

Hmm...then just run setup on the disc. It's basically the same thing as if you booted it.