Re: Windows XP install with empty drive.

anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 05/30/04 

Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 16:00:18 -0700

Just so you know it's set by us on purpose as CD rom
floppy then C:\. Becuase we have tried for about a week
to repair it we are going to take it to a repair shop.

>-----Original Message-----
>You say the Cd rom is set to primary but what order is
the boot you should
>have an area in the bios for the boot order
>Check the manual for the motherboard and what to set it
for .
> What motherboard do you have
>
><anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>news:1532f01c4464a$cf9b6b50$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>> I made a boot disk for ME and XP from that page and
also
>> the CD Rom is set as primary in the bios. The CD Rom
>> seems to activate but never runs the cd. The XP boot
>> disk I made was 6 floopies when completed and will not
>> get past the first disk.
>>
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >The Windows Xp disk is bootable go into your bios and
>> change the boot order
>> >to have the Cd rom start first , then you will not
need
>> a boot disk but if
>> >you really need a boot disk go here
>> >http://www.bootdisk.com/
>> >
>> >
>> >"Murray" <demonsslayer@rogers.com> wrote in message
>> >news:1500301c445e2$49e5d120$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>> >> We had our computer with ME. unfortunantly during
>> >> preperations to install XP ME has now had a serious
>> boot
>> >> failure. We attempted to install XP on the new hard
>> >> drive to keep the ME information intact but each
time
>> we
>> >> attempt to use the CD it wishes to get a boot
disk. We
>> >> attempted to get a boot disk from ME and a CD rom
boot
>> >> disk recommended to get started yet neither will
start
>> >> the cd rom to get XP installed. the computer is a
>> Intel
>> >> p4 1.6 ghz computer and the former boot disk we had
>> >> corrupted and created our delema.
>> >>
>> >> Is there any options that we can use to make a boot
>> disk
>> >> activate the XP cd to allow the install to start?
Any
>> >> suggestion would be apreciated.
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
>
>
>.
>

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