RE: Microsoft XP

Yeah, but you could do it from the a drive. You also can't install win2k from dos:)
KK

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Sorry, but "format c:" will not run if you're on c: partition (anf if c: is system partition). :-)))))

JP

Dne pa 24. srpen 2001 11:32 jste napsal(a):
> Kevin,
>
> My advice would be to type:
>
> C:\>format c:\
>
> Then install Win2K from the outset! The install is painless, and the O/S
is
> a HELL of a lot more stable. Don't bother upgrading from 98 -> 2000, as
you
> *can* get software driver problems etc.
>
> Now I also know (like me) you're a gamer, (is this why you went for 98
> also?), and Win2K gets some bad press in this world too - I can
> categorically state that given a stable machine, and provided you monitor
> what is installed on your system, and don't install crappy apps, the
system
> will run sweet as a nut!
>
> Go on, take the plunge!!
>
> Mark
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Kostyszyn
> Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 22:52
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>
>
> well screw that!! They can keep XP, I am staying away from it now!! You
> know, I just built myself a sweet monstosity of a machine at home. I
> installed Windows 98 because I have it and it was easier than figuring out
> how to install win2k. Now I am so frustrated with the instability of it
> that I am almost depressed. Oh what to do.....
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 5:40 PM
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>
>
> Has anyone heard of all the troubles that the new version of Microsoft is
> having getting released ??
>
> One of the ugliest things I see is their new licensing scheme. They make
> sure you are using it only on a specific machine by having its
> functionality based on hardware items on your system. This configuration
> has to be registered either by phone or by internet about a month after it
> is installed or everything stops working. If you change something big,
> like a Network Card or cpu chip, your system will not boot because it
> thinks you have installed it on a different machine.
>
> Anyone have options on the new XP ?
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