formatting XP
Started by
funkwort
, Nov 15 2007 05:42 PM
#1
Posted 15 November 2007 - 05:42 PM
#2
Posted 15 November 2007 - 08:15 PM
Howdy and welcome to GTG:
Are you trying to do this through Windows or are you booting your system using your XP cd?
Murray
Are you trying to do this through Windows or are you booting your system using your XP cd?
Murray
#3
Posted 16 November 2007 - 07:14 PM
from XP CD
#4
Posted 16 November 2007 - 07:47 PM
Is this one of those Recovery/Restore cd's by Dell, HP, etc or a normal install cd?
What is the make and model of your system?
A normal install cd has all the files needed to install XP on your system.
Murray
What is the make and model of your system?
A normal install cd has all the files needed to install XP on your system.
Murray
#5
Posted 18 November 2007 - 09:32 AM
it is not Dell, it's a home built computer with a normal install CD. it is an intel pent 4 3GHz. The system is XP home version 2002 service pack 2.
#6
Posted 18 November 2007 - 12:04 PM
Then, follow This Tutorial.
As long as your XP cd is not a copied, downloaded or burned cd, it should work.
Murray
As long as your XP cd is not a copied, downloaded or burned cd, it should work.
Murray
#7
Posted 18 November 2007 - 12:23 PM
it will not allow me to delete the partition
#8
Posted 18 November 2007 - 12:31 PM
Where did you get your XP cd from?
Does your system have a floppy drive?
Murray
Does your system have a floppy drive?
Murray
#9
Posted 18 November 2007 - 07:07 PM
the guy who built my computer gave me the CD. It is legitimate. No floppy drive.
#10
Posted 18 November 2007 - 07:12 PM
Then I suggest you contact the person who built the system. Are you getting the message to "Press any key to boot from the cd" message when you start the system?
If they only used the cd to install XP and it is a custom built computer, there should be no files on the computer that are required to install XP. Everything you need is on the cd IF it is kosher.
Murray
If they only used the cd to install XP and it is a custom built computer, there should be no files on the computer that are required to install XP. Everything you need is on the cd IF it is kosher.
Murray
#11
Posted 20 November 2007 - 10:07 AM
Are you getting the message to "Press any key to boot from the cd" message when you start the system?
no, it just automatically goes into the setup
#12
Posted 20 November 2007 - 10:55 AM
A normal XP install cd does NOT go straight into setup. An OEM disk might. What does your cd say on it?
Go into BIOS and see what the boot device setup is.
The cd-drive should be the first on the list. Is it?
Murray
Go into BIOS and see what the boot device setup is.
The cd-drive should be the first on the list. Is it?
Murray
#13
Posted 20 November 2007 - 10:09 PM
it is OEM software. In BIOS the floppy drive is first and CD-ROM is second which is weird because I don't have a floppy drive.
#14
Posted 20 November 2007 - 10:28 PM
What does it say on the cd?
Boot into BIOS and make the cd drive the first boot device and your hdd second.
Press F10 to save the change.
Murray
Boot into BIOS and make the cd drive the first boot device and your hdd second.
Press F10 to save the change.
Murray
#15
Posted 21 November 2007 - 01:10 PM
ok, thank you so much. changing the boot device seemed to do the trick. Everything is good now.
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