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Subject: [Leica] OT: Help reinstalling Windows XP
From: digiratidoc at gmail.com (James Laird)
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 17:14:05 -0500
References: <w2kdaaeb97e1004291424nd875e321uc6fc9012ae90a7f9@mail.gmail.com> <COL119-W282C810EC1BB4DF96EFD6582010@phx.gbl>

Greg,

I'm doing that as we speak...and you vegetate in front of the fire.

Jim

On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 5:08 PM, Greg Lorenzo <gregj_lorenzo at hotmail.com> 
wrote:
>
> digiratidoc at gmail.com writes:
>
>>
>> I just had my hard disk crash on my Dell, bought a new one and I'm
>> reinstalling Windows XP so I can use a Nikon Coolscan 4000ED. The
>> computer has a card reader and Windows wants to install my hard drive
>> as Drive H: instead of Drive C:...anyone know what to do to get XP to
>> install it as Drive C:?
>
> Jim, did you shutdown and disconnect any connected but external devices 
> such as printers, etc. and the pc itself before you installed Windows XP? 
> Format the C drive prior to install?
>
> I would not install a card reader until after I got a clean OS install.
>
> Here's a link worth reading: 
> http://tweakhound.com/xp/installxp/installXP1.htm
>
> Greg Lorenzo
> Calgary, Canada
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