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**sepulchre** · Feb 2, 2008, 05:04pm

Hello all!

I'm building a new computer and not sure how to go about formatting the hard drive. I can boot from the XP cd but it's SP1 and, as I understand it, will not format a large HD (500g).

On my old computer I downloaded the SP2 upgrade, but it's now pretty much defunct - eaten alive by some virus or other so that I had to reinstall XP and now it refuses to upgrade. It also refuses to run my virus protection. I suppose I'll have to pretty much scrap it, but not until I get the new one working.

So, is there a way to do this? I'd really rather not have to pay for another OS. I'd greatly appreciate any help.

Thanks,
Ken

Feb 2, 2008, 05:04pm	XP install Catch 22?
sepulchre Elite Member Posts: 463 Name: Ken Karma:	Hello all! I'm building a new computer and not sure how to go about formatting the hard drive. I can boot from the XP cd but it's SP1 and, as I understand it, will not format a large HD (500g). On my old computer I downloaded the SP2 upgrade, but it's now pretty much defunct - eaten alive by some virus or other so that I had to reinstall XP and now it refuses to upgrade. It also refuses to run my virus protection. I suppose I'll have to pretty much scrap it, but not until I get the new one working. So, is there a way to do this? I'd really rather not have to pay for another OS. I'd greatly appreciate any help. Thanks, Ken __________________ (\__/) (='.'=) (")_(")