ThomasN wrote:
> I should add that if I insert the install CD, and boot from it, I goo through
> the regular steps, accepting the license agreement, it looks for previous
> copies of windows, and finds one. When I try to format C: here, it tells me
> it can't because it places some temporary setup files there...
>

This error indicates that you are, in fact, *not* booting from the CD,
but rather are starting the installation from within Windows. Are you
positive that you booted from the CD, and not just with the CD in the drive?


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