Installing Windows xp

deereboydeereboy
edited January 2006 in Science & Tech
I have just made my new pc and i went to install windows, i put the disc in and then reboot it then after showing some information like ide drives and stuff it has boot from cd:
(loads a while and then saids)
Disk boot failure, Insert system disk and press enter

This happens everytime. Any help would greatly be appreciated
Thanks

Comments

  • Straight_ManStraight_Man Geeky, in my own way Naples, FL Icrontian
    edited January 2006
    Did you format your HD before completely installing XP? There will be a chance to do that in the installer and if you have a new HD it needs to have a partition made and then have formatting to happen.
  • reelbigfishreelbigfish Boston, MA Member
    edited January 2006
    When you boot from a windows disk, it does boot right to the disk. You need to hit a key to get it to actually boot from the disk. The error will happen since there is no os on the drive.
  • deereboydeereboy
    edited January 2006
    I didn't get a chance to partition or format
  • deereboydeereboy
    edited January 2006
    what button would u press?
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