"mikey" <mikey@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I am currently running XP pro. I want to format/partition and re-install
>from my original disk. I am using a scsi cd-rw which will not allow me to
>boot from the disk for some reason. I can run the setup from within exporer,
>but the program loads setup files on the c" drive, and when i get to the blue
>screen of the setup program and try to delete the NTFS partition, it tells me
>I cannot while their are setup files on there. I have allocating the setup
>files to another drive, but they always end up on the partition i want to
>delete.

I would try removing the partitions with FDISK from an older bootdisk
(see www.bootdisk.com) before starting setup at all. If you cannot
boot from the Windows-CD you may want to try booting from an USB
stick.

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