You are going to want to nuke the drive. DBan is a little overkill but I can't remember what I used to use. Whatever you use needs to clear the MBR on the drive.
Also, check the BIOS to make sure it's not one of those fancy high end ones that says boot into windows or linux. Steven On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 8:32 AM, Joe Heaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I always wipe my drives when changing OS. DBAN is your friend :) > > Joe Heaton > > -----Original Message----- > From: Benjamin Zachary - Lists [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 8:29 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: XP over Fedora > > I goof around with fedora and we had a dell box running it for awhile > with > dans guardian and some other stuff. So now we want to put XP back on it, > and > when it goes to boot from the cd the system just locks up. I tried my > BartPE > disc and the same thing, if I unplug the hard drive then I can boot but > of > course cant do anything. I guess I could go make a quick floppy fdisk > but > wanted to know if anyones seen that. > > > > I know the system locks up because as soon as it goes Windows is > Inspecting > your Computer. . the screen will turn black and if you hit power it goes > off > immediately (not like holding it down for 5-10sec) so the system is in > some > weird state. > > > > Anyone know a workaround for future reference? Someone said the drive > may be > locked? but I still fail to see how that would stop Windows from running > its > startup process off the cd's > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.6.0/1601 - Release Date: 8/8/2008 > 9:02 AM > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
