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Re: Format Question
By:David C
Date: Friday, 3 February 2006, 4:39 pm
In Response To: Re: Format Question (ebw)

Thanks EBW, I will let you know how this works. When I boot up it tells me the CD-Rom drive is D, so I will start with that.

> The command you are referring to is
> "dir" (directory).

> So if you are on the right drive and you
> type "dir" and hit
> "enter" you should get the
> directory.

> However after booting from a floppy there is
> a virtual drive created that holds the
> system files and that puts all the drive
> letter off by one.

> So the disk drive is likely to be
> "e" instead of "d".

> Normally during the boot up process when
> booting from a floppy, windows will display
> a message showing which drive is the CD
> drive.

> But if you don't see the message, start with
> D.

> Type "D:" and hit enter
> then type "dir" and hit enter
> If the list of files you see contains the
> windows files then you are on the right
> drive.
> If the list doesn't contain the windows
> files then type "E:" and hit enter
> and then type "dir" and hit enter

> Once you have found the right directory, all
> you have to do is type the command to start
> setup.

> I can't remember if it is "setup"
> or "install" but one or the other
> should do it.

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