Open the BIOS and adjust your boot options to show the
CD Drive as the first bootable device. Then place your
XP CD in the drive and reboot. You'll see a message to
"press any key" to boot from the CD.
If the above does not work, then you need to download
and create a set of six (6) bootable floppies.
There are two different versions of setup disks for Windows XP.
If you have a Windows XP CD without Service Pack 1, you need to use
the first set listed. If you have a Windows XP CD that includes SP1,
then use the ones listed at the bottom of the page.
Obtaining Windows XP Setup Boot Disks
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;310994
Clean Install Windows XP
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
[Courtesy of Michael Stevens, MS-MVP]
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Nicholas
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| Need help installing Windows XP to a new drive. My machine will not boot
| from the CD. If I boot from a floppy, Setup will not run under DOS. Any
| ideas?
|
| Thanx,
|
| Andre
