Ive Stuffed It Up ! Help

[tesco]

Originally posted by dray_02@13 April 2004 - 21:24
i have original copies.... borrowed from a friend

those ones are 98, and ME

however i DL XP Pro off suprnova and was planning on using my corporate cd key that i got ages ago..... that didnt work

so unfortunately i have to use the cracked cd key.... when the time comes to actually installing!!!1

The reason i reDL XP Pro is because my XP PRO CORP. cd had...what seemed to look like a flame mark (perhaps from a lighter) on it.... FUCK!!! im so gutted...

u sure ur cdrom drive works? try a differnt drive, also try different ide cable.

[Dray_04]

hey guys,

i feel as though i may have conquered this TASK once and for all....but only maybe

after many many hours of researching stuff like FDISK, DOS, setup, NTLDR, win98, XP and XP Pro....

i think i have done it..

i found this download thanks to a few helpful suggestions

Its a Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 1 Utility: Setup Disks for Floppy Boot Install...

exactly what i was looking for.....

last night i tried to install it with sum old disks.... but i got a DISK I/O error upon booting,....

bought sum high density and formatted disks about 40min ago... setup and im away


MY HDD is formatting as i speak (well....as i type but you no what i mean)

If i get XP back up and running i will say thanks to each and every1 of you that helped.....

dont ya just learn so much from these forums....



I'LL BE BACK....... **in deep mans voice like arnold***

[tesco]

Originally posted by dray_02@13 April 2004 - 21:35
bought sum high density and formatted disks about 40min ago... setup and im away

haha high density floppy disks lol, what crap. theyre 1.44mb, i wouldnt call that high density lol.

anyway, good luck!

[Dray_04]

HEY

thats what the setup asks for so thats what im going to give them


lol lmao

[tesco]

Originally posted by dray_02@13 April 2004 - 21:40
HEY

thats what the setup asks for so thats what im going to give them


lol lmao

[Dray_04]

hey peers...

iv fixed it... the above process worked...

ill tell ya more in detail after i finish work (which i am late for at the moment)

i have one more problem however lol


dont groan

windows isnt detecting my sata drive... iv downloaded the latest drivers off www.giga-byte.com. when i try to update my sata drive in device manager it sez sumthing like " the wizard could not find a better match for your hardware than the software you curently have installed."

p.s i have installed the sata drivers off the mobo cd....

iv got the correct drivers...updated windows....updated my chipset....hmmm installed all necessary drivers...

so what could be the problem?