Clean install Win XP

Is there any way to instal XP from dos with some sort of boot diskette or do i have to do clean instal from(for instance millenium)? Im running Win XP Pro Final version,i selected clean instal from millenium, XP replaced old files but that doesn't sound clean,i wana do it from DOS so i can be sure that im doing tha ...

Customization Tweaking 1789 This topic was started by enio, 2001-09-15 01:08

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enio

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#61762

2001-09-15 03:08

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FatFish

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#61763

2001-09-15 04:01

you can use a normal win9X boot disk to boot your computer.
then run i386/winnt or i386/winnt32 to install XP

Brian Frank

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#61764

2001-09-15 08:10

Uhh, you need to format the drive for a clean install. You should be able to do this in the WinXP setup. Just boot off the XP disc...

Dream97

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#61765

2001-09-15 15:13

winnt.exe=Dos XP/2000 install

winnt32.exe=Win9x install/upgrade

enio

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#61766

2001-09-16 06:45

Problem is Brian that XP cd doesn't want to boot in dos. Dunno about the rest of your solutions, I'l have to try it the next time i reinstal my sys. Thanx guys, keep em comin !!!

Brian Frank

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#61767

2001-09-16 09:58

You don't need to use DOS at all: just boot off of the XP disc. Make sure your CD-ROM is set as the first boot device in BIOS.

enio

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#61768

2001-09-17 04:16

Kill me if i remembered to do that, will have to try it !
Did you try that or it is just theoretical, but it makes sense if the NTkernel based os doesn't support dos.

Brian Frank

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#61769

2001-09-17 05:08

I know for a fact that it does. Win2k and XP I'm positively sure they will boot from the CD-ROM, but I can't comment on NT never having used it. The exception to booting off the CD is if it's an older CD drive.

FatFish

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#61770

2001-09-17 16:02

Quote:
The exception to booting off the CD is if it's an older CD drive.
Old BIOS won't do it either.

and if your CDRom or BIOS won't support booting off CD..
use the 9X boot disk, and run winnt32 from /i386

Flak

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#61771

2001-12-19 12:58

The easiest thing yo do is just create a standard win9x bootdisk and then boot off that.

The win98 natively install cd drivers, make sure you get smartdrive on the disk as well tho, otherwise you'll be waiting ages for the precopy to finish