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_ 		29. March 2008 @ 20:55 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i boot it up from cd rom and it goes to this screen that says loading caldera DR-DOS 7.03 and ask for command promps that dont do anything.... what the heck is this i got no clue how it got on the comp.....wont load or boot from cd rom......
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_ 		29. March 2008 @ 23:45 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
To install xp from dos prompt. Switch to D: (I think that's the CD, isn't it?) and type "i386\winnt" without quotes. It will take a long time to copy files, but it should work.

About the dr-dos prompt :: I think that the person who created that xp cd failed to load the correct boot image - taken from the original cd - and the burning program wrote its default boot image which contains caldera dos. Ahh the joys of dubious software ;)

When you have everything running google for how to make a real bootable xp cd, or follow this guide http://www.helpwithwindows.com/WindowsXP/winxp-sp2-bootcd.html
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_ 		1. April 2008 @ 05:57 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
God I miss DOS. I love having an Operating System that doesn't run ontop of DOS, but the games were sooooo cool, and even with emulators, they can still be kinda tricky.
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