Hi Jo, Long time no speak ;->. Sorry to hear of your troubles and can only imagine your frustration. I don't have any experience with your particular problem, but there are a few suggestions here: http://kadaitcha.cx/cannot_install.html
BTW, are you getting any sort of error message, or just a blank screen when you attempt to boot with the XP cd? Good Luck, Marlene > -----Original Message----- > > Yes it is an official XP disc > > I have set the BIOS so that the CD is booted from first, but > it wont recognise it. No matter what I have tried, it still > wants to boot from the floppy disk even though the computer > is telling me that it recognises that the CD ROM is there and > the BIOS is set to CDROM boot. > > I have already FDISKed and FORMAT C ok, its after that that > ive gotten into problems. > > When you say that I dont need a startup floppy disc to > install XP - I guess ive gone too far down this track to go > back onto that path > > -Peter most kindly said- > Is this an official XP disc or a backup or "streamlined" disc? > > In your BIOS you should be able to set the boot order so that > the cd is booted from first. Have you updated the BIOS to the > latest release? > > You do not need a startup floppy disc to install XP, as a > matter of fact > > all the format options can be run from the XP disc as well. > > Peter Kaulback > > Jo Walker - Kiwisabe Website Services wrote: > > Hi Guys and Gals > > > > Ive just finished reformatting my hubbys hard drive Pent > III 866 and > > am having problems trying to install Win XP > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.296 / Virus Database: 265.6.7 - Release Date: > 30/12/2004 ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
