Fried hard drive

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Maurice

Hi - I have an older computer ... hard drive fried ... I
originally installed Windows XP after upgrading from ME >
2000 ... been working GREAT. Now, my problem is ... I
got a new hard drive ... but my system won't boot from a
CD ... only from floppy or hard drive ... I can't install
XP on my new drive ... I'm dead-in-the-water! Help?
(PS - I have access to another computer currently running
Windows XP Pro)
 
Hi,

Boot a Win9x startup floppy and load CD support. Run the winnt.exe file from
the \I386 folder to start setup.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
 
Well ... it didn't work ... I downloaded
the "WinXP_EN_PRO_BF" extractor file ... then extracted
it to the 6 floppies ... tried to boot from the first one
and got an "I/O ERROR" message. I downloaded /
extracted / made floppies on a different computer than
one that's dead ... does that make a difference?
 
Hmmm ... good suggestion ... one problem ... I got rid of
all those old 9x boot floppies when I upgraded to XP.
Any other ideas? Thanks.
 
Hi - I have an older computer ... hard drive fried ... I
originally installed Windows XP after upgrading from ME >
2000 ... been working GREAT. Now, my problem is ... I
got a new hard drive ... but my system won't boot from a
CD ... only from floppy or hard drive ... I can't install
XP on my new drive ... I'm dead-in-the-water! Help?
(PS - I have access to another computer currently running
Windows XP Pro)
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Use boot floppies. Don't forget to load smartdrive. Details for performing
a clean install and obtaining boot disks can be found here:

http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
 
Be sure to check Sharon F's post in this thread.
 
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