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   relic to All   
   Re: Installing Windows??   
   03 Mar 10 19:04:28   
   
   From: relic211@cjb.net   
      
   ; "dkfs'"; "/vp/v.com" wrote in message   
   news:rv6uo59qlqn7g5p2ef3as0ahpm2t3rthdt@4ax.com...   
   > On Wed, 3 Mar 2010 18:03:32 -0800, "relic"  wrote:   
   >   
   >>   
   >>; "dkfs'"; "/vp/v.com" wrote in message   
   >>news:uauto5tlcvs5r3r0jfucld07jcr614icbd@4ax.com...   
   >>> How does one install Win XP on an empty c: drive?   
   >>>   
   >>> I do have a registered Win CD.  Does the CD have all the necessary   
   >>> files on it to 'boot' an empty C: drive,  and then one simply follows   
   >>> the instructions on the screen coming from the install CD?   
   >>   
   >>It will "do it all", however, an Upgrade version will need to see any   
   >>previous Windows CD during the installation.   
   >   
   > I'm not sure what you mean by 'upgrade version'.   
   >   
   > The CD I have is the one that installed Win XP on my present machine.   
   > No other OS was on the machine at that time.  I realize I will have to   
   > download all the updates afterwards.  Is that what you meant?   
      
   There are two types of "Full" versions (OEM & Retail), and one "Upgrade"   
   version (Retail). It sounds like you have an OEM Full version; it will do   
   any install except an upgrade.   
      
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