Formatting a Hard Drive Using 6 Disk

[Guest Dukey]

I want to format my hard drive. My computer will not recognize my WIN XP CD

to do a automatic bootup. I understand I can use 6 floppy disks. Where can

I find these disk?

 

Thankd

 

Douglas

[Guest Detlev Dreyer]

Re: Formatting a Hard Drive Using 6 Disk

 

"Dukey" <Dukey@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> I want to format my hard drive. My computer will not recognize my WIN

> XP CD to do a automatic bootup.

 

Enter the BIOS setup and change the boot sequence accordingly.

> I understand I can use 6 floppy disks. Where can I find these disk?

 

"How to obtain Windows XP Setup disks for a floppy boot installation"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310994/en-us

 

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d-d

[Guest Tim Slattery]

Re: Formatting a Hard Drive Using 6 Disk

 

Dukey <Dukey@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I want to format my hard drive. My computer will not recognize my WIN XP CD

>to do a automatic bootup.

 

Have you gone into the BIOS setup and made sure that the machine will

try to boot from the CD? It's not always set that way by default.

 

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Tim Slattery

MS MVP(Shell/User)

Slattery_T@bls.gov

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[Guest John Barnett MVP]

Re: Formatting a Hard Drive Using 6 Disk

 

First check this link from my website:

http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org/how_do_i_enable_cdrom_support_i.htm

 

If the cd-rom is already enabled and your Windows CD is damaged you might

also like to look at this link:

http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org/how_do_i_replace_a_lost.htm

 

The 6 floppy disks you refer to should be available on http://www.bootdisk.com. If

you do need to download the boot disks make sure you choose the correct

version, i.e., Home or Professional.

 

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"Dukey" <Dukey@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:3715B8C1-BCB1-45C1-BFB0-27537AF33BCE@microsoft.com...

> I want to format my hard drive. My computer will not recognize my WIN XP

> CD

> to do a automatic bootup. I understand I can use 6 floppy disks. Where

> can

> I find these disk?

>

> Thankd

>

> Douglas