Re: Need help to install Windows XP on new PC
- From: "Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 10:34:34 -0500
Snakes wrote:
> Just built new pc. Tried to install Windows XP but used "upgrade cd"
> in error. I have full product disk but now install procedure loops.
> Switch on PC and if no CD in drive then will not proceed past Boot
> disk prompt. If re-start pc with either Windows XP disk or upgrade
> disk in pc goes through initial install routine (formatting
> partition, copying files, etc) then get message PC will reboot in 15
> seconds. Then I'm back to square one as it will not move past the
> prompt Boot disk. How can Istart again as though nothing was
> installed and format new drive to wipe everyhting as I am sure that
> if I could get to that point I could use the full product Windows XP
> disk to get a proper install?
Are you "Pressing Any Key" to boot from CD each time? If so - stop that.
Are there any controller (HDD) drivers you need to use the F6 install method
on to allow the rest of the procedure to continue?
After the initial setup and the 15 seconds until it reboots - have you,
during that reboot, changed the boot order where it doesn't try to boot from
CD first - just to see what happens?
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