Re: Can't Boot from XP Pro Install CD
- From: "peterk" <peterk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 18:53:57 -0600
But is it set as 1st boot device or is the startup still trying to read the
HD???
peterk
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It's so much easier to suggest solutions when you don't know too much about
the problem
"jrichar9" <jrichar9.1qkemu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Running WinXP Pro / 1 GB SDRAM
> Formatted my hard disk to NTFS primary partition. Tried to boot to CD
> Install disk and get "invalid system disk" message.
>
> BIOS is set to boot from CD.
>
> Is it possible the CD drivers don't load for the CD install to be
> recognized? The boot up screen shows the drives installed.
>
> I can boot to floppy, but don't have a floppy boot disk that loads CD
> drivers.
>
> Windows 98 boot disk will load CD support drivers, but is for FAT files
> and won't load NTFS.
>
> Any ideas?
>
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