Call to Pegasus (just needed additional ideas)

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Hi, you had been kindly helping me (I have run into a glitch) to install XP
on a newly created partition with PM7.0. After removing the old 'bad' C:
drive, I attempted to install my XP oem cd on the new partition. The
partition was set active in PM supposedly but in the process, my E:
partition no longer has a letter attached to it, F: is still intact. PM
reported an 'error' stating some about the drive not have IO capability or
something, I don't care about losing info, so I continued and a new
partition was created at the front of the large drive.

When I used the Win98 bootdisk I made from bootdisk.com, I almost got XP
installed except for 2 things. First after doing the cd\i386 and typing in
winnt, I was given the option to go forward 'without' SmartDrive or
discontinue and install SmartDrive. The instructions mentioned a DOS file
that explained about SmartDrive but I did not find this file & figured I
could go forward w/o it. I continued without it and XP copied some files
to my hard drive (before this, I had removed the C: drive that contained the
os, leaving just the larger drive with the new parition at the beginning of
it. After some files were copied, all copying stopped. I thought I had
locked up. I removed the floppy and rebooted with the XP cd in the cdrom
drive, whatever files HAD been copied proceeded with the install. BUT I
could not continue due to an error message stating it "could not find the
End User Licensing Agreement EULA". My XP cd is an OEM version, it came
with the system, it should work.

I put all drives back together in order to just send this so I hope you can
give me some suggestions. I don't care if I have to format all my drives
to get XP installed on (1) and reinstall my programs. I have all important
files saved to dvd's.

Any ideas???

Thanks for anything at this point........katy (below is part of an earlier
thread; feel free to delete some of this)


See below.

"katy" <fairytale_4@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23A1rj6HyFHA.4032@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Thanks Pegasus, one last question: Is this the order I would perform
> this.....
>
> Add partition to beginning of 2nd drive, set as active, reboot to
complete.
*** Yes.
> Shutdown, remove 'bad' drive, set 2nd drive as Master,
*** Yes.
> put Win98 bootdisk in floppy drive, reboot to A: prompt.
*** Yes.
> Put XP cd in cdrom drive, find prompt for cdrom drive assuming it's d,
type in:
> d: [enter]
> cd \i386 [enter]
> winnt [enter]
*** Yes.
> - Install WinXP in the FAT32 partition.
*** Yes.
> - When finished, convert it to NTFS. (or can I convert all partitions to
> NTFS at that time?) I would do this with Part. Magic.
*** When given the choice then I prefer to use native tools, in this case
*** convert.exe.
> Please don't hesitate to fill in what I missed, I can't afford to miss
> anything :).
*** It will work. Good luck!

> TIA, katy
>
>
> "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:eSAQCt5xFHA.2312@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > "katy" <fairytale_4@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:OLjwn34xFHA.2064@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>
> >> "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news:eiOarYvxFHA.3188@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> >
> >> > "katy" <fairytale_4@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> > news:%23cg7cVpxFHA.1856@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> >>
> >> >> "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> >> news:eSu$UyjxFHA.2212@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> >> >
> >> >> > "katy" <fairytale_4@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> >> > news:el8ZHTixFHA.3740@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> >> >> Hi All,
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> I use WinXP Pro installed on a 13gb drive that Partition Magic
now
> >> >> > reports
> >> >> >> as 'bad'. I was going to use PM to convert my FAT32 to NTFS but
it
> >> > looks
> >> >> >> like that won't happen. I am using 2 hard drives, the 2nd is an
80
> > gb
> >> > WD
> >> >> >> where I keep a lot of storage files and also where I have been
> >> > installing
> >> >> >> programs.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Now with this bad drive alert, I want to replace the C: drive
with
> >> >> >> another
> >> >> >> that I have that currently contains an older install of an OS
plus
> >> >> > programs,
> >> >> >> it's an 80gb Maxtor ATA.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Is there a site that could help me through replacing this 'bad'
> >> >> >> 13gb
> >> >> >> drive
> >> >> >> with a newer, larger, drive that contains files I need to erase
> > first?
> >> >> >> I
> >> >> >> am used to using a Win98 bootdisk to get to a prompt to format a
> >> >> >> drive,
> >> >> > then
> >> >> >> hoping to install the XP Professional on that drive and continue
to
> >> >> >> use
> >> >> >> my
> >> >> >> 2nd drive as storage and program install drive. I'm sure the
> > program
> >> >> >> installs done todate will be messed up by creating a new boot
> >> >> >> drive.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> I wonder if there is someone who could walk me through what I
need
> > to
> >> > do
> >> >> > or
> >> >> >> point me to a site that would show me how to do this? I've just
> > not
> >> > had
> >> >> >> enough problems with XP to be forced to learn how to fix a
> >> >> >> situation
> >> > like
> >> >> >> this. By replacing my current 13gb 'bad' drive with a newer
larger
> >> >> >> drive,
> >> >> > I
> >> >> >> could format the new drive in NTFS right off the bat but I'm not
> > sure
> >> > how
> >> >> > to
> >> >> >> begin.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> TIA for any help!!! katy
> >> >> >
> >> >> > A few of questions for starters: (JUST TYPING LARGE not yelling)
> >> >> > - Does the WinXP installation on the "bad" disk still work? YES
> > but
> >> > its
> >> >> > very sluggish
> >> >> > - If so, do you wish to keep it? NO, I WOULD RATHER
REINSTALL
> >> >> > - Do you have access to another WinXP/2000 desktop PC? NO
> >> >> > - Do you have access to a CD burner? YES cd and dvd
> >> >> > - Do you still have your WinXP Professional CD? YES plus
the
> > SP2
> >> > cd
> >> >> > I ordered from MS.
> >> >>
> >> >> AS an afterthought, could I just remove entirely
that
> >> > 'bad'
> >> >> drive and install XP on the large 80gb WD drive that I currently use
> > for
> >> >> storage and program installs, by adding another paritition (with PM)
> >> >> at
> >> > the
> >> >> beginning to install XP on that (I have 34gb free space on the 80gb
> > drive
> >> >> left)? that 80gb WD drive is partitioned in E and F. then I could
> >> > install
> >> >> my second 80gb Maxtor drive in second slot. but if I remove the
boot
> >> >> drive, would I just boot with the XP cd? the XP cd isn't a bootable
> > cd,
> >> >> that's how it came. It's OEM that I bought in 2001 online at
Redbarn
> > or
> >> >> something like that. (Is there a way I could make it bootable)
> > Thanks
> >> >> katy
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> > You could do this:
> >> > - Create a FAT32 partition at the start of your 80 GB disk.
> >> > - Mark it as active.
> >> > - Boot the machine with a Win98 boot disk from www.bootdisk.com.
> >> > - Pop in your WinXP CD. Let's assume it's on drive D:.
> >> > - Type these commands:
> >> > d:
> >> > cd \i386
> >> > winnt
> >> > - Install WinXP in the FAT32 partition.
> >> > - When finished, convert it to NTFS.
> >>
> >> Thanks Pegasus! I made one attempt but backed out before completing
> >> because of marking the new partition active. When I did that, P.M. 7.0
> >> popped up with a question, are you sure you want to? I checked the
> >> other
> > 2
> >> partitions and the F partition is active. Can 2 partitions be 'active'
> >> on
> >> the same hard drive? I wouldn't want to lose access to E or F by
> > marking
> >> the new G: as active. The Help section in P.M. didn't mention any
> > caution
> >> in doing this but the pop-up worried me. TIA for all your help...
katy
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Marking a partition as "active" sets a flag but does not affect
> > existing data in any way. Furthermore you can set only one
> > partition on a disk active. You're safe.
> >
> >
>
>



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