Re installing XP on Sony

[Jim Leonard]

Jim Isbell, W5JAI wrote:
> I want to clean that damned thing completely off and reinstall XP. 
> The version of XP that I have is the Home edition UPGRADE.

These two statements would usually be mutually exclusive (you need a previous 
system to upgrade).  However, you should be able to do the following:

1. Wipe the entire drive completely clean; google for utils to do this, or boot 
DOS 6.22 or later with fdisk off of a floppy.
2. Boot off of the XP install CD.
3. When it looks for a previous version and can't find one, it will prompt you 
for a prior version's CD.  Find your ME/2000/whatever CD and stick it in.
4. After verification, it will continue.

Voila, you've installed an "upgrade" without needing the previous OS installed. 
  I have done this many times with an XP Professional Upgrade and my prior copy 
of Windows 2000.
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