Re: Clean XP Install -- What is the problem?

From: theyak (yak_at_dev.null)
Date: 01/18/05


Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 15:34:08 GMT

In article <3ddpu0dnq1aij1vt3oih833fr0r0fq11qn@4ax.com>, spam@spam.com
says...
> On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 00:05:57 -0500, "David Mills"
> <davidmillsjd@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >Ok, you know when you have a new computer and harddrive and you start a
> >fresh XP install? Well, the CD goes thru all of that preliminary setup
> >stuff and eventually you get to a point where it says "This portion of the
> >setup is done. Remove any disks in your floppy drive. Your computer will
> >reboot in 10 seconds and then the setup will continue." Well, my computer
> >reboots and then it just goes thru its normal startup routine and I get to a
> >message that says "Boot From CD". Then it just sits there, if I hit "Enter"
> >or "Spacebar" nothing happens. I have redid this setup 5 times and the same
> >thing keeps happening. Any ideas what the problem could be?
> >
>
> Enter the BIOS setup and set the first boot device to be the
> hard drive. If that doesn't work, check the drive's jumpers
> (and jumpers of any other connected drives).
>

yea.



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