XP Reinstalling on new hard drive

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Jim Endres

Trying to do a new install on a new hard drive in the
same machine originally installed on. Setup keeps going
back to the beginning and starting over? Cannot seem to
get past the first part of the setup program? Formatted,
and partitioned a couple of times, but it keeps going
back to the beggining. Can anybody help me with this?
Thanks,
Jim
 
Jim --

You only need to hit "any key" once while installing XP.
When XP reboots, don't touch your keyboard.

The Windows XP CD is bootable and contains all the tools necessary
to partition and format your drive. Follow this procedure and allow
Windows XP to partition and format your drive:

1. Open your BIOS and set your CD Drive as the first bootable device.
2. Insert your Windows XP CD in the CD Drive and reboot your computer.
3. You'll see a message to boot to the CD....follow the instructions.
4. The setup menu will appear and you should elect to delete the existing
Windows partitions, then create a new partition, then format the primary
partition (preferably NTFS) and proceed to install Windows XP.

5. Clean Install Windows XP
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

[Courtesy of Michael Stevens, MS-MVP]

6. After installing Windows XP, be sure and visit the support website
of the manufacturer of the computer to download and install any
available Windows XP compatible drivers, such as video adapter
and audio drivers.



--
Nicholas

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| Trying to do a new install on a new hard drive in the
| same machine originally installed on. Setup keeps going
| back to the beginning and starting over? Cannot seem to
| get past the first part of the setup program? Formatted,
| and partitioned a couple of times, but it keeps going
| back to the beggining. Can anybody help me with this?
| Thanks,
| Jim
 
Nick,
I have done all that you have told me here and it still
goes back and starts at the beginning of the istall every
time. After it copies files off the cd, then it reboots
and starts at the screen were it gives you the options of
formating again. I have done this multiple times and it
just keep bringing up the first screen after it copies
files to the hard drive. It also tells me that there is
files on the petition that will be deleted when I format
it again.
Jim
 
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