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Thread ID: 46011	2004-06-10 04:50:00	XP Install gone wrong	wjolly (4894)	Press F1

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243397	2004-06-10 04:50:00	Hoping someone can assist me with my XP install. I had a PC that was running Windows2000, then tried going to XP. This caused a duel boot system even though I wasn't after one. No probs, I lived with it. Then, after adding the latest Service Pack to Win2k, the XP Partition stopped working. Thought of this as an opportunity to get it all going to XP, so backed up my data and began to do a clean install of XP Professional. This including deleting the old partitions, recreating just one partition in NTFS format and formating the drive. What happens is that after the formatting, XP installs some files, reboots, then keeps going back to the point to make/break the partition again. It never does a continued install. Tried another HDD, same thing. Tried a different PC, this worked. Took the HDD that I successful done on the other PC and shoved it in the one I am trying to fix but no joy. Tried Partition Magic, but this wont even show the drives, just the floppy drive (which I don't have one of, so not sure about that either). Tried fdisk /mbr after being told this may help, but again, no joy. I have had XP on it, so are sure the PC is XP compatible.	wjolly (4894)
243398	2004-06-10 08:00:00	try a good old win98 boot floppy and when it's started up run 'fdisk' and delete 'non dos partitions' ......and any others...........then format it to fat32 then run your xp install disk as you should at that point haev a 'blank' slate to install to...........	drcspy (146)
243399	2004-06-10 08:54:00	Hi, It may be that your bios can't handle large drives/partitions. Try re-installing with 2 or three partitions and see how XP gets on. Good Luck :) R2	R2x1 (4628)
243400	2004-06-12 07:05:00	Try removing the CD when it does its first reboot. It will ask for the CD when it needs. It should reboot from the HD. On most computers the XP CD only boots if you press the space bar, but yours could be different. I prefer to use Fat32 format for the drive because it is easier to maintain and compatable with other systems. Keep the primary partition small, 4g max, this way you can make Images of your C drive without being too large. Make sure it is active. 2nd partition (extended)"PROGS" for your software. 3rd partition (extended) "DATA" for your work 4th partition (extended) "BACKUPS" for your Image files & other software.	Mzee (158)
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