Re: How do I solve this boot.ini problem with WinXP?

And leave the CD in the drive until it completes the install, don't touch
any keys when it goes to restart itself, it will do it automatically.

Jerry

"Jerrym526" <jerrym526@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Sorry, Microman,

I should have explained in more detail,
To start with a clean disk, you need to boot with the CD and in the
install section you need to delete all existing partitions to clean the
hard drive.
Then create the ones you want and format them in NTFS.
Continue with the install.

Good luck,
Jerry
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I've read what you've written and am not sure to which part of the whole
WinXP Setup cycle you're referring. I'm certainly booting to the XP CD
initially, having changed the BIOS to do so. I'm finding that toward the
end
of the WinXP Setup, the PC reboots itself and that's where the XP
splashscreen then appears. But then the screen goes blank and stays
blank.
I've then had no option but to power off. When I power the PC back on, I
get
the same result if I choose to go into WinXP. I've tried this last bit,
leaving the CD in the drive and then not leaving the CD in the drive, but
WinXP still refuses to boot. On the assumption that I'll finally manage
to
get XP to boot to screen, should I leave the XP CD in the drive until I'm
specifically instructed by the Setup or Welcome to WinXP to remove it?

John,

Having unmasked the system files in Folder Options, I yesterday tried to
overwrite the ntldr file in my Win2K root folder but the system wouldn't
let
me do it. I got an error message saying it was a protected file. An
example
of the files I'm currently seeing in the Win2K partition are:

NTDETECT.COM C:\
ntdetect.com C:\cmdcons
ntdetect.com C:\WINNT\$NtServicePackUninstall$
ntdetect.com C:\WINNT\ServicePackFiles\i386

So, this is why I'm wary of REPLACING ntdetect.com. There are similar
folder
nestings for the file ntldr. Maybe a distinction has to be made between
REPLACING the existing file in the Win2K root or ADDING a new file? And
are
files that are in different cases (upper/lower) considered different,
anyway?
Do you see what I mean?







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