built a new pc, and i'm trying to install windows full version xp on a new
formated harddrive and everytime i type in DOS setup.exe on the disk drive it
says it cannot install in DOS? where am i going wrong here? please help
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I have asked questions about how to add drivers (sata drivers in particular)
while installing XP. Since my laptop does not have a floppy drive I have been
advised to slipstream my iso image of XP to include the drivers I need or get
a floppy. Being the lazy person that I am I ...

Ive tried to reinstall XP home after formating my HD. Ive made the 6 MS bootd
disks for XP and i have a XP CD, which Ive instadelled from before and its
worked.
If i boot the computer with the first boot disk in the computer takes me

I realize there are a lot of things that can go wrong, but this is a new
Dell box, WinXP, and basically upgrades on processor, RAM etc.
My problem is that my modem (56K) which always worked fine with my former
box (also WinXP) now connects fine to my ISP, but more often than not, ...

The following session requires your assistance, any advice posted, would be
greatly appreciated.
I have two computers in two different places, but I run my XP with 1 mobile
rack on both machines. I take the HDD with myself.

Hi there, My PC failed to restart today and it comes up with the error
"windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
\windows\system32\config\system"
So I booted into the recovery console with the windows install CD and

Whenever i start my computer,SYSTEM32 file opens up.....how do i stop it from
doing this?...HELP!!

was just mucking about (stupid) and saw I could load performance defaults in
BIOS thought this might make it perform better, then it kept saying no system
disk in CD drive, Rang IT shop he told me to set the bios to recognise my
sata drives as IDE not raid  as they were put in ...

My upgrade to XP Pro SP2 from XP home hangs at the fourth step, Installing
Windows. Shows 35 minutes remaining. The mouse is still active. The
propaganda window still changes. The activity lights along the bottom of the
screen remain active.

    If you leave the default for the command line ...\scanstate.exe
...\Migration /i:...\test.inf /i:...\sysfiles.inf /user:test /o /v:1
Does it just use the rules in my inf files specified?  And does it not look
at my other inf files in the directory of it?

I got a machine in today from the local SCORE office (they are a non-profit
division of the Small Business Administration).  A local joker tech company
(which is now out of business and the owner in jail) overwrote the existing
legal OEM Windows XP Professional with some pirated ...

I was building my system and purchased a MSI motherboard that came with a
free copy of 64 bit Windows XP. I lost the product key that was sent to my
old email at dtrett@earthlink.net and was wondering how to obtain another
copy of the product key. I do have the original email ...

How do I make sure my machine boots off the Cd rom before the C drive?

Just set up a 2003 Server with RIS. In my testing network, I am trying to
image Desktops and Laptops. Desktops are fine, but with the Laptop Image, it
has 2 Partitions, and from the Error I got when up loading the Image, RIS
does not support mutiple Partitions....

I making unattend instalation disk with WinXp Pro
I don't need other users except Administrator.
Is it possible?
If YES then HOW...