RE: Windows XP upgrade issues resolved

["Richard B Baird" <rbaird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Nelson,

debug.exe is a dos utility of some kind.  I really have little or no
information on what or where it comes from except that it's in my dell's
windows directory and on system prepped recovery diskettes.

I had never heard of it till I had problems with my new Dell WinME box and
wished to scratch the disk and install W98.  after as many as 6 tries with
no success, Dell support walked me through the debug process.  It's an
extra step somewhere during the fdisk and formating steps.  very criptic
syntax.  don't really know what it actuall did, but it worked like a charm.

search the Dell knowledge base for 'debug' and it'll tell you the what
fors.

Rick

Nelson asked:
What's the 'debug' thing?  Do you mean reformatting a drive doesn't clean
everything?

> -----Original Message-----
> From:   Richard B Baird [SMTP:rbaird@esourceconsulting.com]
> Sent:   Wednesday, March 27, 2002 11:32 AM
> To:     midrange-nontech@midrange.com
> Subject:     RE: Windows XP upgrade issues resolved
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> That's how I found out about the 'debug' thing to clean a disk properly.
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