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How to reformat your computer
Replies: 5Last Post Aug. 5, 2008 12:48pm by scottyrob
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I have Windows XP as a .iso file on my computer and have burned it to a disk. Now I want to use that to reformat my computer.

How do I do this?

The only thing on the disk is XP Media Center Edition as a .iso file.

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Leave the disk in your DVD/CD drive, reboot the computer and hopefully it should come up on the screen "Press any key to boot from CD/DVD"

If not, then that's where it gets just a tad more difficult.


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Did you burn the disc so that when you view it in My Computer while the computer is on, there is one file in it? (something.iso)?  Or did you burn the image to the disc, meaning there are probably multiple directories and whatnot in there?  If the former, you did it wrong.

Some computers are automatically set to try to boot from the optical drive before booting from the HDD, but some aren't.  First you should try putting the disc in, rebooting, and if the windows installation comes up just follow the directions (it's pretty simple I believe... it's been a while since I've reinstalled windows though).  If your computer boots up normally, you'll have to configure your BIOS to boot from the optical drive.  They have instructions on a lot of different versions for how to do this, if required, here

Post back if you still have quesiotns.

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It has been a few days...
Have you resolved this issue, Daniel?

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Quote: from iwashere85 at 2:09 am on July 17, 2008

It has been a few days...
Have you resolved this issue, Daniel?

Hey Alex, thanks for checking in--yes I did figure out how to do it, now I'm just scared about gathering drivers. :/

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Sounds to me like you had the acctuall ISO on the disk rather than the files from the ISO on the disk...

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