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by randerson7 Dec 2, 2003 last reply Apr 7, 2004

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In Trying to upgrade to XP from a troublesome ME, after formating the drive, I can't run setup. It says that this program cannot be run in DOS. What has to be done to make this changeover to XP on this ME box? The system is a Pavilion with 60 GB HDD and 512 RAM. Should I be booting with a ME floppy or XP? Does the BIOS need to be upgraded? Thanks for the help!

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by paul.gray9 Dec 2, 2003

Go into your BIOS and change the boot sequence to boot from cd-rom as first boot device XP has all tne info it needs on the cd

by randerson7 Apr 7, 2004

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by joenmr Dec 3, 2003

In addition to what Paul wrote, is that the XP setup will check your hardware. The result will let you know if you need to upgrade the BIOS.

To know more about if you hardware is compatible go to http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/hcl/default.mspx

by randerson7 Apr 7, 2004

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by donmars Dec 3, 2003

In other words,Boot from the XP CD.

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by thechas Dec 3, 2003

If for any reason you cannot boot from the CD, you will need to download a utility from Microsoft that creates a boot floppy set.

There are 4 different versions of the utility, so make sure that you get the correct version for your version of XP.

There are links at www.bootdisk.com
and www.madboot.com

Chas

by randerson7 Apr 7, 2004

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by wlbowers Dec 20, 2003

If you can't boot to the CD go here and download Windows XP Home Edition Utility: Setup Disks for Floppy Boot Install.
File name: WinXP_EN_HOM_BF.EXE

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=e8fe6868-6e4f-471c-b455-bd5afee126d8&displaylang=en

As always copy and paste with no spaces.

Good Luck Lee

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