Jay Johengen
Altamahaw-Ossipee, North Carolina, United States
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Setting up a new box for W2KP or XPP
I go through this every year or so when I have to totally wipe a box out and install a new OS. I end up with DOS disks, W98 Setup Disks, various CDs, Fdisk, Format, etc...and I still seem to never find the right combination of things to get the OS on the system easily.
Just a couple problems I have:
- Used Fdisk to partition the drive. Great, but with DOS 6.22 it doesn't allow large hard drives.
- Then try Fdisk on the W98 Setup Disk and that allows large drives. But the Format doesn't work in DOS.
- Try to use the 4 W2K installation disks that I made from another box. No hard drive formatted, no install allowed.
- Try to install directly from the CDs (W2KP or XPP) but it cannot run from DOS.
Everybody else must do it the right way, which is obviously not the way I use. I have a totally wiped box - what do I do to get W2KP and XPP installed?
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