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    format gone bad!
    « on: November 11, 2007, 05:22:28 AM »
    I had a dos bootable disc that i put in the computer which was running windows xp very slow and needed to be formatted so I formatted the hard drive with the bootable dos disc and now when I put in the windows 2000 pro it will not boot the set up it just says strike f1 to reboot or f2 for setup utility how do I install the operating system windows 2000 on the computer?   please help!
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    Re: format gone bad!
    « Reply #1 on: November 11, 2007, 11:41:23 AM »
    Hit F2 to enter setup and under boot priority set the CDRom as the first boot device...Hit F10 to save changes and Exit and the machine will re-boot. Have the Win2K CD in and setup will start.
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