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I formatted my PC and now I am having problems installing winxp. In DOS mode I
type in setup, and the screen reply, will not run in DOS mode. What do I do?

 

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"Taylor1n2" <taylor1n2@aol.com> wrote in message
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> I formatted my PC and now I am having problems installing winxp. In DOS
mode I
> type in setup, and the screen reply, will not run in DOS mode. What do I
do?

Boot from the CD.

 

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Taylor1n2 wrote:

> I formatted my PC and now I am having problems installing winxp. In DOS mode I
> type in setup, and the screen reply, will not run in DOS mode. What do I do?


You can't set up XP from DOS.
Boot from the CD to run setup.


-WD

 

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Taylor1n2 wrote:

> I formatted my PC and now I am having problems installing winxp. In DOS mode I
> type in setup, and the screen reply, will not run in DOS mode. What do I do?
if your system will boot a CD then do that with the XP CD. If your
system wont boot from a CD then go to MS web site and go to the download
page and type "install XP floppy" into the search box.

HTH

dick

 

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Will Dormann wrote:

> Taylor1n2 wrote:
>
>> I formatted my PC and now I am having problems installing winxp. In
>> DOS mode I
>> type in setup, and the screen reply, will not run in DOS mode. What
>> do I do?
>
>
>
> You can't set up XP from DOS.

Yes you can, but it's slow. Simply invoke winnt in the i386 directory.

> Boot from the CD to run setup.

Easier.

>
>
> -WD