Dopey Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 Does anyone have/know where I can get a free BOOT disc for Windows XP Home Edition? I also need for it to have a formatting utility {so I can totally wipe my HDD} and a partitioning utility so I can partition my HDD after formatting.I'm using a Packard Bell so it didn't come with a BOOT disc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricktendo Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 What do you mean by bootdisc?If you mean where can you download a Windows XP CD youre out of luck, we will not help you there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dopey Posted November 23, 2007 Author Share Posted November 23, 2007 I want a disc that will allow for me to first, format my Hard Drive Disk (HDD), secondly, allow me to partition my Hard Drive Disk (HDD) into two virtual one's {like I currently have}, thirdly, allow me to install Windows XP Home Edition.Packard Bell have a 'Recovery Boot Disk' in the support area of their customer area, but that's no help because:A) I don't know what it does and there's no details saying specifically what it does Even if it was of any use, it won't burn to my disc {I do have a DVD-R/RW writer} Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bober Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 u can make ureself msdos boot disket,choose ure floppy drive,r clik it,under format its the 3rd box,now u can boot to msdos and maybe can use ure current cd to startup(but not sure).i do assume u have non-bootable xp cd.think link may also be usefull:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310994 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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