Help With Installing Xp

[artmaster88]

well i put in the cd on startup, power off, then back on, but for some reason it tries to start up windows, which doesn't work because i had a virus that messed with explorer... well anyways how can i make it read the cd on startup?

Greetz,
KraZaka

[accat13]

a couple of quick hints did you check your boot order in your bios also maybe the "xp bootdisks" 6 floppies from the microsoft site may help... you can repair or do a full install with them.. B)

[artmaster88]

Originally posted by accat13@2 March 2003 - 23:18
a couple of quick hints did you check your boot order in your bios
how do i do this, also how will i change this? thx

[Nobody1234]

Press the [Del] key while starting your PC. You will get to the bios setup screen. You will find the bootup order in there. Just look for it. Save that setting and reboot.

If you Windows XP CD is bootable it will launch if you press the spacebar when you see the message about booting from CD.

If you CD is not bootable get those 6 floppies.

[artmaster88]

ah thx, gonna try it in a sec

Greetz,
KraZaka

[artmaster88]

i can't find the option, where exactly is it? i'd appreciate it if you could tell me. thx
and yes, the cd is bootable

Greetz,
KraZaka

[Nobody1234]

Not all bios setups are the same. It all depends on what motherboard you have.

Try in 'Bios Setup Features' look for boot device or boot sequence.

[Nobody1234]

If you tell us what model and brand of motherboard you have. I can then check online for its manual. I would then see exactly what Bios type you have.

[artmaster88]

doesn't matter, i've already changed that, but now i've got this problem:
after i boot through the cd, select partition, ..., then it restarts so it can even install. the thing is it doesn't work, it gives me this message:

Originally posted by My Fucking Computer
STOP: c0000221 Unknown Hard Error
\SystemRoot\System32\ntdll.dll

what does this mean?

Greetz,
KraZaka

[accat13]

well you got me .. since you said this was virus related did you do a format or are you trying to repair your operating system,a format and reinstall may be an option i don't know what the error means..good luck

[Nobody1234]

Check your harddrive with diagnostic diskette from its makers web page.

I don't know if you reformated or not but try reformatting in NTFS.

Has your Windows CD worked before? Maybe it's defective (corrupt files). If not get a new copy.

Check out this page about that error msg: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314474

[artmaster88]

thx people for the help people, i did a format. i'll check the link for the site. what's the difference between ntfs and fat32 anyways?

Greetz,
KraZaka

[Nobody1234]

NTFS vs FAT32 (http://www.thundercloud.net/information-avenue/ntfs-vs-fat32/)

[artmaster88]

thanks for that info! guess what? for some strange reason win xp installed. perfectly fine (if i only knew why...), then i installed some drivers programs which required a restart, i said ok. get the same mistake as before, but after i tried restarting a few times rhe computer booted up, since i have to put XP on again later anyways, i guess it's good that i know this stuff now. thanks for the help you people gave me.

Greetz,
KraZaka

[100%]

I have this problem all the time
so i now use the boot disk method - works everytime
(although a little bit slower)


Windows XP Home Edition boot disks --
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release...releaseid=33290 (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?releaseid=33290)

Windows XP Professional boot disks --
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release...releaseid=33291 (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?releaseid=33291)

[accat13]

there are also boot disc for xp pro sp1 (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=83f53be9-28fa-40e8-8ec2-631504ef5e26&DisplayLang=en) and home xp sp1 bootdiscs (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=fbe5e4fc-695f-43e5-af05-719f45c382a4&DisplayLang=en) :) :)

[artmaster88]

thanks, but how do i exactly use them?