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hi this problem has occured because you have installed a version of windows xp that needs registering. it isnt bootleged it just needs its owbn registration code to work. microsoft have been very nice and made it so every code can only be used once.
when you installed winxpo you must have placed the cd in and booted from it. then installed winxp formatting the harddrive in NTFS. this file system doesnt work in winME or win98 and therefore there system boot disks and there install cds wont work
what you have to do is somewho create a bootdisk on another pc. if the pc is winxp go to my computer and right click on the a: and select format. then select the option to create a system disk. this creates a boot disk and when you insert this in the dead pc and boot from floppy you sould get a msdos prompt. but if you type c: it will say something along the lines of invalid.
all you have to do then is type in the a: 'fdisk' this will open a small program in msdos and you will tel it to delete a non dos partition. it will only find a non dos partition. just delete it. this bit is fairly simple. then create a primary dos partition. this will happen and the computer may need to restart. then boot with floppy again and type 'format c:' this will then ask you to press y and then will format your c:. when this is done it will ask you for a partition name and then your hard drive it done and you can install any opperating system on it again.
all you need for that winxp disk is another cd key!
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