Robin McInnes wrote:
>The only other time I've done a complete re-install was when I used Windows
>95, and I seem to recall that I started in MS-DOS and typed 'format c:' to
[...]
>and I was offered the options to either continue with the upgrade, cancel
>that upgrade and begin a new installation, or of course exit the screen.
Follow the New Install option. When it asks you to confirm where you
want to put the system, hit ESC and select and delete the current
partition before making a new one to be formatted next. That ensures
that it *does* get formatted. With an Upgrade CD you will then be asked
where Windows is, and at that point can show setup the CD of the
'qualifying product' in the drive for a moment. An OEM 'restore' CD
that comes with a machine will not be recognised for that purpose though
- on such systems you have to start from that, as restored, and either
do an upgrade again, or follow the same line of ESC and delete, by which
point the check that you are eligible has been made
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Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
Bournemouth, U.K. XXXX@XXXXX.COM (remove the D8 bit)