Re: unable to install XP on new HD
- From: Homer S. <Mr.Plow@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:28:12 -0500
On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:36:03 -0800, elly <elly@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello,
After installing a new HD to replace non-working HD on an older PC I
proceeded to install XP Pro but a few minutes into setup I got a message that
a file could not be extracted from the cd I think it was cab.driver or
something like that I cannot acces that information now, I retried but could
not be done so the next option was to exit setup and try again which I did,
here comes the problem when I tried to reboot to start XP set up again the
system will go past the bios boot but stops before loading XP from CD rom I
get a black screen with the following message NTLDR missing press alt ctrl
del to restart, but It will not work I keep on getting the same message
everytime, I have tried a different CD rom but the same, I am stuck not being
able to get past this problem. My PC is a pentium 4, bios seems to be
working ok I
setted it up to boot from cd and the new HD has been detected. Please help
Thank you for your support
Elly
The boot sequence in your motherboard's CMOS settings is set to boot from the hard
drive before checking the CD-ROM drive for a bootable CD. Since your hard drive now
has an aborted installation of Windows XP, the boot process is getting hung up there
before ever going out to try to boot from the CD. Go into the BIOS, find the setting
for boot sequence and make the CD-ROM drive the first boot device. I always set the
following sequence: #1. CD-ROM Drive(s) #2. 3.5" Floppy drive (or USB) #3. Main Hard
Drive.
It would also be a good idea to clean the XP CD and run a cleaning CD in the CD-ROM
drive you're trying to boot from. After that's all done, restart and see if the
installation continues. If not, just delete the partition you created, reformat it
and start all over again.
Have fun!
HJS
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