Sounds like it did not boot from the cd . . if you have the cd set as the first boot device in BIOS, when you start you should see a black screen with a prompt to "Strike any key to boot from CD" . . it can go by quickly so have a finger on the keyboard when you turn it on. After that you should have a screen that gives you the opportunity to delete and then recreate partitions . . delete the C: and recreate it, select the C: partiton and click install Windows on this partition . . it should then format the drive and proceed to the installation.
This is a good guide for a clean install of XP . . you might want to print it out for reference during the installation.
Thanks for the quick response and instructions. I went all the way to do the install.
When I press "D" to delete the C: partition, it tells me to make sure I am not deleting the required operating system programs to start up windows. When I press ENTER to re-install a fresh WinXP into the C: partition, it tells me that this installation over the old software will cause operating system problems.
Should I go ahead and delete the C: partition? Thanks,
Yes . . then set up a new partition ( or two partitions if you want to separate data from the system) for XP to install to. XP will format the new ( clean ) partition and proceed to install. . in 30 mins or so you will have a spanking clean installation of XP . . you will need to quickly enable the firewall and download updates.
Now this will erase evrything on that drive . . be sure you have backups or have use the Files and Setting Transfer Wizard
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June 8th, 2004 12:00
Sounds like it did not boot from the cd . . if you have the cd set as the first boot device in BIOS, when you start you should see a black screen with a prompt to "Strike any key to boot from CD" . . it can go by quickly so have a finger on the keyboard when you turn it on. After that you should have a screen that gives you the opportunity to delete and then recreate partitions . . delete the C: and recreate it, select the C: partiton and click install Windows on this partition . . it should then format the drive and proceed to the installation.
This is a good guide for a clean install of XP . . you might want to print it out for reference during the installation.
Hope ths helps . . wrs
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June 8th, 2004 17:00
Thanks for the quick response and instructions. I went all the way to do the install.
When I press "D" to delete the C: partition, it tells me to make sure I am not deleting the required operating system programs to start up windows. When I press ENTER to re-install a fresh WinXP into the C: partition, it tells me that this installation over the old software will cause operating system problems.
Should I go ahead and delete the C: partition? Thanks,
rugar2
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June 8th, 2004 21:00
Yes . . then set up a new partition ( or two partitions if you want to separate data from the system) for XP to install to. XP will format the new ( clean ) partition and proceed to install. . in 30 mins or so you will have a spanking clean installation of XP . . you will need to quickly enable the firewall and download updates.
Now this will erase evrything on that drive . . be sure you have backups or have use the Files and Setting Transfer Wizard
Message Edited by simpswr on 06-08-2004 06:07 PM
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June 9th, 2004 00:00
SIMPSWR - Thank you for your help. The problem is solved and the PC is working fine. Thanks again for your assistance.
rugar2
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June 9th, 2004 01:00
That's great . . glad you got it up and going!
wrs