OK...first of all, this isn't a security question, but we don't really have a forum for hardware or OS's, I refuse to post in general chit chat for moral reasons (you addicts know why), so I'm posting my query here. I've done a few searches regarding this because I do recall seeing this mentioned in a thread in the recent past, but thus far I've had no luck in finding an answer.

Here's the setup...I've got an ABIT KT7a RAID motherboard that refuses to boot from a CD ROM. My copy of WinXP is running slower and slower with each passing day, so it's time to get rid of that puppy and install it fresh. I don't have any problems with doing that....I like fresh installs, honestly I do. I'm just trying to figure out how to do it in a simple way. Last time I ended up putting 98 on a separate partition and then installing XP on my C: partition. I'm sure that all of you can imagine what a bitch that was and can feel my pain. Afterwards I formatted the 98 partition and now use it for storage purposes only, and I don't relish the thought of going thru that arduous process again. Anyone out there got ant tips on installing XP from a DOS prompt that you would like to share? This old boy would be most grateful if you did.