Re: FDISK FOOL

Make sure your boot order has the CD drive as the first device (do this from the BIOS setup).

Tim

"JC" <JC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:25B3EA6D-85BA-409F-A848-ED1C946D6A91@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi there,

the computer will not boot from the cd. I am now getting these messages.

"an internal error has occured , can not find a place for swap file."
also,,,,,,,,,"search for boot record from cd, error loading operating system.

Ta for any help
JC


"John John" wrote:

Boot the computer with the Windows XP cd and follow the on screen
instructions. After you accept the EULA you will be shown available
disks on your computer and you will be able to partition and format your
disk at that screen. Unless you have a compelling reason to do
otherwise, format your partition "Full NTFS". At that screen, after you
delete and create partitions, exit the setup and reboot the computer and
start the setup again, that will avoid drive letter assignment mix ups,
like having Windows end up on a drive letter other than C.

John

JC wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> I was having loads of prblems with trying to reinstall windows (do a > search
> for jc) and I,m not sure where i got the idea, but i ran fdisk on my > computer
> and now i have major problems. For a start I wasn't sure which options > to
> press and i'm ashamed to say i tried all or most of them and now my > computer
> can't even read from drive c. The plan was to wipe the drive and then
> reinstall windows. After I ran the dreaded fdisk thingy , from a floppy > disk,
> i tried to go to drive c and i got this message,..............
> "invalid media type reading drive c. I could acces the xp setup disk > from
> drive x: " but when i tried to run this i got this > message........."this
> program cannot be run in dos mode.........."
>
> Please, please help.This is my daughters computer and i am now the most
> hated dad in the UK.
>
> Ta for all help.
> JC



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