MCE to Win XP PRO

tiggerchantiggerchan
edited February 2004 in Science & Tech
I recently bought a nice new Dynabook G9 MCE notebook but as it's in Japanese I want to install Win XP Pro after I have formatted the hdd.

When I try to do a format it does not let me..The hdd is NTFS...

help to format...

what do I do..

Thanks

Comments

  • KwitkoKwitko Sheriff of Banning (Retired) By the thing near the stuff Icrontian
    edited February 2004
    How are you trying to format? The easiest way would be to let the XP installation format the drive. If that doesn't work, you could try booting to a Windows 9x boot floppy, use fdisk to wipe the drive, then try the XP install.
  • tiggerchantiggerchan
    edited February 2004
    I tried c: format /fs:fat32 but no luck.

    FDISK how can I use this..

    because the os is in Japanese it will not allow me to proceed and will not accept the OEM Product key..
  • KwitkoKwitko Sheriff of Banning (Retired) By the thing near the stuff Icrontian
    edited February 2004
    Download a Windows 98 boot floppy image from www.bootdisk.com. Start it up, when you get to the command prompt, type in fdisk. You're going to delete the partition, then recreate it. This guide should offer some help on how to do it.
  • BlackHawkBlackHawk Bible music connoisseur There's no place like 127.0.0.1 Icrontian
    edited February 2004
    XP will let you format when you install it. You get the option after you select which partition you want to install to. Select NTFS (Quick) if you want to do it faster.
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited February 2004
    Okay, are you booting off the XP CD? Or are you sticking the Windows XP CD in while MCE is running?

    You need to boot off the XP CD, and let it format the HD during installation.
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