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by mikep

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Hello,

Please can you help me with the following:

I want to do a complete format of my H/Disk. I am running Windows XP. I have backed up all the files from Windows/I386 directory to CD ready as I never got an XP CD when I purchased my laptop as this was the only way I could save my XP instalation files. I have tried a dummy run with my XP CD by booting into dos and then typing 'Win32nt'at the D:\ but all I get is the following message saying, 'Will not run in DOS' so how do I install windows XP once I have formatted my H/Disk? I would like to make a dual boot system running XP and maybe Win98 or ME. Do I have to make 98 or ME as my primary operating system and then install XP? or can I install XP first and then 98 or ME? after partitioning my H/Disk?

I hope you can give me some advice on how to do the above.

Thank you

Mike

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by timwalsh

Normally you will find 2 setup programs: winnt.exe and winnt32.exe.
Winnt.exe is the DOS based install program that is run from the boot floppies or when booting from the CD.
Winnt32.exe is a windows-based program and is the install program used when conducting an upgrade from within a previous version of Windows.
To set up a dual-boot system, check out the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:
HOW TO: Create a Multiple-Boot System in Windows XP (Q306559)
Hope this helps.

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