Help Reformatting Ibm Netvista

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Help Reformatting Ibm Netvista

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badsai View Member Profile	Feb 23 2008, 01:45 PM Post #1
New Member Group: Members Posts: 4 Joined: 23-October 07 Member No.: 164,874	hello everyone! i was planning to reformat my aunts ibm netvista pc (an old one).. but im not really familiar with its bios, i cant boot it from the cd-rom, me and a friend was trying to find a way, moving jumpers of the hard drive and everything, but we cant still boot from the cd.. the previous installed OS was windows 2000 workstation 4.0.. and we are planning to change it to windows XP... processors' intel celeron.. its doesnt have a cd-rom so we have to open the casing just to install a cd drive... please give us a step by step procedure on how to reformat the pc, on how to reboot from the cd-rom, so we can install the new OS... tnx in advance..

madman6510 View Member Profile	Mar 1 2008, 12:17 AM Post #2
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 352 Joined: 28-January 07 From: Idaho Member No.: 108,886	There is a rather nice guide here. EDIT: How to set up your BIOS HERE. This post has been edited by madman6510: Mar 1 2008, 12:19 AM -------------------- "Some people are just plain crazy. END OF STORY. Don't blame the media, videogames, the USA, or movies. Blame the 40yr old dude with the knife." -- Anonymous

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