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Old 07-23-2008   #1
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Question Need to Erase and reinstall windows xp HELP

Tommorrow i have to go and try to help my friend fix his computer. i saw the comp yesterday and the only way to fix it is to wipe it n reinstall. ive done it before but pot smoking has affected my brain and well, ive been looking on google and reading around and cant find the right article to reinstall windows xp with ONLY a cd. not a floppy drive (because i do not have one). Any help would be greatly appericiated.
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gotta lay off those budz, man.

Here's a whole website dedicated to Windows reinstalls...

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good looking man. im going through those sites right now and hopefully they help. i just need to put something on a cd to boot from cddrive and i think this will help alot. thank
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ONE MORE thing, Before reinstalling the whole windows xp (dwnled as iso) then burning it tp a cd to boot from. should i erase the whole hard drive? then install. because i cannot go into the comp as it is so phuked up.
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You do not need to go in the computer.Just reboot enter BIOS set first boot device to CD rom put in disk save and exit F10.Follow the instructions.
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