Re-installing OS

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Hi,
4 days on and I'm still having problems re-installing WinXP.
Have formatted both hard drives 22gb and 40gb. Set the smallest as main
drive in the bios. Formatted it using a floppy boot disk and then tried to
install winxp. Runs through the process as far as the "starting windows"
screen then still locks up!
Ran a PCDoctor disk to check everything and the only error it comes up with
is that there's no Hard Disk Controllers.Is this what's causing me problems?
What else should I be looing for? It never was this difficult formatting and
re-installing Win98.
I'd be grateful for any suggestions.
I'm probably overlooking the obvious.

T.I.A.
Kenny M
 
As long as you can see both the drives in the BIOS then
there should be no problem. Set the machine to boot from
the CD and stick the XP disc in and run the format /
partition tools from that, There is no need for a boot
disk. You should get a screen listing your drives and
choose the 20gb and go from there.
 
Thanks Murray,
I put in the XPdisc and it just runs for a short time and locks up.
How do I access the format and partition tools from it?
Sorry to sound so thick!
 
Greetings --

All legitimate WinXP installations CDs are bootable. You may need
to re-arrange the order of boot devices in the PC's BIOS to boot from
the CD. Consult your PC's manual.

Bruce Chambers

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jloyzaga said:
I tried to boot from cd and it wouldn't so where can I get a boot
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floppy?
 
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