| Post ID |
Timestamp |
Content |
User |
| 365583 |
2005-06-21 03:38:00 |
Oh and what other people said at computing.net is that all setup files would be copied to the HDD so when it asks for the XP CD for files, it would just be adding the files again....right??? |
bringyourownbomb070 (8384) |
| 365584 |
2005-06-21 03:50:00 |
Well that would depend on exactly where the file was going and if it had been renamed or not cos if was the same file name it would probably overwrite it.
You don't need to copy the files over anyway because XP copies the files it needs for future use (e.g. for drivers) Once Xp is up and running it will hardly ever ask for the CD, whereas with Win98 you just about always needed the CD handy. |
Overdrive_5000 (4950) |
| 365585 |
2005-06-21 03:51:00 |
manually doing i386 means(or something like this...)would it be windows only copies those files over and with the disc still in the drive i can get the files it did not copy to the HDD? |
bringyourownbomb070 (8384) |
| 365586 |
2005-06-21 03:59:00 |
I still cant see why you would need to do that. Can you explain further |
Overdrive_5000 (4950) |
| 365587 |
2005-06-21 05:06:00 |
I just reinstalled, it asked me to repair not delete the partition, So I did. Pro is still on here though! |
bringyourownbomb070 (8384) |
| 365588 |
2005-06-21 05:16:00 |
To get rid of it when you reinstall you will need to format the partiton to get rid of the lot and start again fresh |
Overdrive_5000 (4950) |
| 365589 |
2005-06-23 00:56:00 |
it didnt even ask me to format though, Im gonna try the way where you pop the disc in while running windows, it gets all its setup files, asks for the serial #, restarts, shows the blue screen with the partition and format thing on it. think it will work? ive seen those screens before when i did it this way. |
bringyourownbomb070 (8384) |
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