It's worth a try. I will give that a shot tonight.


>Mike,
>
>Could you create a XP boot disk, or download one from the Internet, and boot from it, then run the XP CD to install it?
>
>Tommy
>
>>Thanks for the tips. I downloaded DBAN and was able to create a bootable flash drive. Unfortunately it boots to a Linux command prompt, about which I know squat, so I was at sea again. I spent a couple of hours messing around with it and "progressed" to the point that the flash drive is no longer bootable <g>. Oh well. The laptop running Vista is usable, just not as well integrated with the two XP boxes as I would like. We'll get by.
>>
>>
>>>Hi Mike,
>>>
>>>See http://forums.cnet.com/5208-12546_102-0.html?forumID=133&threadID=238817&messageID=2487295#2487295
>>>
>>>>
>>>>I tried that but Vista wouldn't let me format the system drive. Is there a switch or something I can use? I looked at the FORMAT options and didn't see what I was looking for.
>>>>
>>>>Maybe FREEMAN C: would do it <g>.
>>>>
>>>>(Speaking of whom, I guess Dan was serious about skipping the UT for a while).