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re: ''Setup.exe can't be run from DOS''
Monday, October 8, 2001 at 1:37 am
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Posted by Blinky (1 messages posted)


I ran into the same issue and resolved it by creating a bootable XP CD. You can find instructions for making the CD at www.bootdisk.com


On Sunday, October 7, 2001 at 11:32 am, Need Help ASAP wrote:
>I upgraded to XP Pro from Win98se and everything wored fine, but then some problems
>started happening that led me to have to reformat. I loaded on an additional win98se
>(so i had 2 os's on my machine) to back up my files. Then I formatted my C:. Using
>a Win98 startup disc, I'm in DOS and now with my XP disc, if i type setup.exe at
>the cd-rom prompt, it says:
>"This program cannot be run in DOS mode." Anybody know how to fix it? I read a similiar
>issue's response that said to go to the I386 directory and run winnt.exe. This sends
>me to a screen asking where my xp files are...but i dont have any. Another response
>to that topic said to change my BIOS settings to boot fromma cd-rom, but I don't
>know how to do this. Thanks for the help.


Written in response to:
''Setup.exe can't be run from DOS'' (Need Help ASAP: Sunday, October 7, 2001 at 11:32 am)

Responses to this message:
*re: ''Setup.exe can't be run from DOS'' (fart breath: Monday, October 8, 2001 at 9:02 am)

All messages in this thread [show all]
-''Setup.exe can't be run from DOS'' (Need Help ASAP: Sun, Oct 7, 2001, 11:32 am)
-re: ''Setup.exe can't be run from DOS'' (BlackStar: Sun, Oct 7, 2001, 11:45 am)
-re: ''Setup.exe can't be run from DOS'' (Need Help ASAP: Sun, Oct 7, 2001, 2:20 pm)
*re: ''Setup.exe can't be run from DOS'' (Zalood: Wed, Oct 10, 2001, 4:08 pm)
*re: ''Setup.exe can't be run from DOS'' (anonymous: Thu, Oct 11, 2001, 2:58 pm)
-re: ''Setup.exe can't be run from DOS'' (Blinky: Mon, Oct 8, 2001, 1:37 am)
*re: ''Setup.exe can't be run from DOS'' (fart breath: Mon, Oct 8, 2001, 9:02 am)
*re: ''Setup.exe can't be run from DOS'' (Fred99X: Thu, Oct 11, 2001, 3:04 pm)
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