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imabadboi
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_ 		26. April 2006 @ 02:06 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Ok so my dumbass goes to best buy to take the lazy way out and buy a pre-built system....I know I know so anyway. I get it home and of course it comes with all the bells and whistles and this media center CRAP but I'm good because I have a windows xp pro cd right? I'll just reformat and re-install right? WRONG wouldn't work. Said please insert disk. So I take it back. Said it had a virus. They gave me a new one with little to no hassle but I'm still in the same boat. Im a perfectionist and uninstalling dont work for me. I know its in the registry. So my question is how do I install it? I mean I put the disk in and it says my os is newer than the one on the cd and wont install. What do I do?
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DoubleDwn
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_ 		26. April 2006 @ 08:14 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
An original XP Pro CD is bootable. Put it in the drive, reboot and make sure your bios can/is set to boot from CD before HDD. Run the install, remove all partitions and format the drive. You should be good to go.

~Rich
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tocool4u2
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_ 		26. April 2006 @ 16:44 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I heard that was because if you got a Dell they have a Special XP CD for there computers.....I'll have to find the link and give it to you

Here you go http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/334199

check the third post :D
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