>
> 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.
>

Built into WinXP is a recovery console that allows you to do a lot of things
that you usually can't do after drivers and OS files are loaded.  To install
it, check out the microsoft knowledge database at:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q216417

Once you restart your computer, a prompt will come up whether you want to
boot normally, or start the recovery console.  Start the recovery console,
which will ask for the administrators password and then dump you to a DOS
prompt.  From here, you should be able to format the drive.

Kevin

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