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I have a hard drive i formated with partition magic, windows xp won't start
when I insert the disk..it should be a auto run so why won't it start is
there something wrong with the way I formated the drive?
 
macmajor said:
I have a hard drive i formated with partition magic, windows xp
won't start when I insert the disk..it should be a auto run so why
won't it start is there something wrong with the way I formated the
drive?
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BIOS is set to boot from the CD Drive first and you are paying attention
after you turn on the computer for the "Press any key to Boot from CD.."
message?
 
macmajor said:
I have a hard drive i formated with partition magic, windows xp won't
start when I insert the disk..it should be a auto run so why won't it
start is there something wrong with the way I formated the drive?
Click to expand...


It's not clear what you're trying to do. Your subject line reads "new load."
If you're trying to boot from the CD to start a clean installation, you need
to make sure the BIOS boot order is set for CD first.
 
macmajor said:
I have a hard drive i formated with partition magic, windows xp won't start
when I insert the disk..it should be a auto run so why won't it start is
there something wrong with the way I formated the drive?
Click to expand...


Autorun cannot work unless there's an operating system installed that
supports it; naturally, there's no operating system on a freshly
formatted hard drive.

Simply boot from the WinXP installation CD. You'll be offered the
opportunity to delete, create, and format partitions as part of the
installation process. (You may need to re-arrange the order of boot
devices in the PC's BIOS to boot from the CD.)

HOW TO Install Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;316941

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm


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