INstalling xp on a clean hd

urit242urit242 Antioch california
edited February 2004 in Nerdery
I gathered some parts from some old cpus and i want to install xp on it and put the cd in but nothing happends and i tried using a boot dick but it didnt do much but put me to an a prompt


any ideas?

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  • AranyicAranyic Casstown, OH Icrontian
    edited February 2004
    Here ya go, you'll need to run this utility to make a set of setup disks that will get the process going.

    http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=83f53be9-28fa-40e8-8ec2-631504ef5e26&displaylang=en

    -Aranyic
  • kryystkryyst Ontario, Canada
    edited February 2004
    Your mobo needs to be able to boot from cd. So the easiest way to determine that is to go into the bios and check the boot up sequence.

    If CD-Rom is in the list you should be able to put the XP cd in the drive and boot straight from it.
  • urit242urit242 Antioch california
    edited February 2004
    There is nothing bout cd rom in bios.
  • kryystkryyst Ontario, Canada
    edited February 2004
    then I'm guessing you'll need the floppy.
  • urit242urit242 Antioch california
    edited February 2004
    i tried using the floppies and it said boot:1/o error reading disk insert another disk
  • urit242urit242 Antioch california
    edited February 2004
    so i did that sevice pack thing and i finaly got through the disk part and it asked me for a service pack cd1 and *happy* i have a burned copy of xp so yeah i donno what to do now i dont even know what that *happiness* is.
  • maggie99635maggie99635 Alaska
    edited February 2004
    Sounds like you used the SP1 floppies and you don't have XPSP1. Either download the network install for SP1 http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/pro/downloads/servicepacks/sp1/default.asp or download the floppies for your
    OS. They have it for Pro,Home,ProSP1,HomeSP1. Here is the download center . I'm not sure what you have. You need to have the disk that matches the floppies. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.aspx?displaylang=en
  • verselloversello New
    edited February 2004
    You could always stick the hard-drive in another machine and copy the setup files to it.
  • urit242urit242 Antioch california
    edited February 2004
    *happy* so i got xp installed finaly right and now weird *silliness* keeps happening like the cd rom disapeared off my computer and i left it on for a bit came back and nothing was on the screen its weird very frustrating i think i need to format it cause i found out it was partisioned or whatever like 2 drives and yeah maybe its *happying* it up?
  • NebulousNebulous New York, The Empire State
    edited February 2004
    Originally posted by urit242
    **** so i got xp installed finaly right and now weird ***** keeps happening like the cd rom disapeared off my computer and i left it on for a bit came back and nothing was on the screen its weird very frustrating i think i need to format it cause i found out it was partisioned or whatever like 2 drives and yeah maybe its ***** it up?
    Dude, i'm gonna ask you not to post foul language.
  • urit242urit242 Antioch california
    edited February 2004
    Im sorry i didnt even realize i said all that wont happen again it was just force of habbit sorry for the language
  • stoopidstoopid Albany, NY New
    edited February 2004
    We don't have a swear filter because, well, not sure why... :p

    Are you sure you don't have a hardware issue with your motherboard? It sounds like there's some ide detection issues.

    Have you also confirmed the ide cable is tightly connected and the proper master/slave jumpers are being used? Could also be that the cdrom or harddrive on that same ide cable is dying, seen that cause similar issues before.
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