Along with all that other stuff, you may need to delete the master boot
record to get rid of the XP boot manager. Use the Win98 boot disk and do
"FDISK /MBR". This is the same way you can get rid of LILO or Grub on Linux
machines.

Lucas

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin Baker [mailto:mbaker@OPTIMEINC.COM]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 9:58 AM
> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: [OT] : Expunging windows XP
>
>
> We just bought a little cheap PC for the Lab, and it came
> with XP. I need
> to blow XP off the drive and install W2K, for which we bought a shrink
> wrapped copy. I cannot get the system to wipe XP. The one
> time I want to
> format the drive, it won't let me. Icannot run setup from the
> CD, and when
> Ireset the Bios to boot from the CD or floppy, it still boots into XP.
>
> Has anyone else successfully dealt with this ?
>
> TIA
>
> Martin
>
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