ok so i want to reformat my Xp and i dont have the installation CD so i was trying to burn a new one... i found a how to using my c:/i386 file...... but thier is not one on my computer.

Anyone know where to download this or have a install cd the can e-mail or message me???

THANKS!!!!!!

 

i have an upgrade cd i can put into a zip file and email to you, but then you would need an old versions boot cd to make it work if you interested i could send you 2 zip files (XP upgrade and 98), just let me know then you would have to burn them and run the install and have your own CD key

o and try seaching your hard drive for the file that you need using the search option in the start menu you might find it that way

 

that would be great!!! i have my xp key still!!! my e-mail is nharinton88@yahoo.com [/align]

 

ok ill try to do it today, but it may take awhile and you will have to burn the files exactly as they show up in the archive and i use winrar so it will most likely be .rar archive just download winrar from downloads.com

 

Sounds good thanks!!! [/align]

 

ok heres the deal, i got my XP cd onto the hard drive and will email it to you, its like a 480 mb file, but my win98 cd is cracked so i cant send you that one my computer wont read it, if you have any old copies of a windows install cd (95,98,NT4.0,2000 ME) it can be used just to confirm that you "qualify" to buy the upgrade version i will try to find my win 95 CD but no garantees as i havnt seen it in lik a year and a half

 

ok i got a copy of the i386 file... so i should be abold to make one from that. Thanks for your help!!!! [/align]

 

be careful about using the XP key from a pre-installed system
with a retail XP CD
because some
'mass installation' licenses
granted to companies like Dell
are slightly different and won't work with the retail WindowsXP install CD

I found this out when I used a Ryan's VM pack with my Windows XP SP2 intall CD
which 'slipstreams' all the hotfixes in. When I sent this to my younger brother and he tried to use it with a Dell 610 laptop he ran into trouble, and a call to the Dell hotline told us that the mass installation key would not work with a retail XP CD

Ryan's VM Pack is worth looking over:

http://www.ryanvm.net/msfn/updatepack.html

NLite is good
but the Ryan way is simple and faster

 

i ended up just getting a full .iso file by bittorrent downloading..... and i had my cd key..... working Great as of now!! [/align]