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Topic subject	formatting hd for xp install
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2602, formatting hd for xp install Posted by Rookie, Tue Dec-18-01 05:51 AM do i use fdisk to format hd for xp installation? can i make a boot disk for xp? thanks, Rookie (aka Lamer)
2603, RE: formatting hd for xp install Posted by rpeyton80, Tue Dec-18-01 05:54 AM Hey Rook, you can definitely use fdisk to format the hd and if your cd-rom is bootable you wont have any need for a bootdisk. If your cd is not bootable then you might need to install 98se on a seperate partition and then install XP, you may be able to do it some other way if your cd-rom is not bootable, but I wouldn't know it. Hope that helps.
2605, RE: formatting hd for xp install Posted by Shelly, Tue Dec-18-01 07:44 AM You can't format with fdisk. You format with format.
2604, RE: formatting hd for xp install Posted by crazyXgerman, Sun Jul-25-04 07:44 PM Obtaining Windows XP Setup Boot Disks (Q310994) Happy computing! Alex "crazygerman" Byron Webmaster, Editor-in-Chief PC911
2606, RE: formatting hd for xp install Posted by Sonny, Tue Dec-18-01 06:06 AM Follow rpeyton80's advice. If your PC does not support bootable CD, you can use the following links to create boot disks (6) which will let you install without loading an OS. Home Edition: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?releaseid=33290 Professional: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?releaseid=33291
2607, RE: formatting hd for xp install Posted by Rookie, Tue Dec-18-01 06:49 AM thanks all for the help!! Rookie (aka Lamer) :)
2608, RE: formatting hd for xp install Posted by Rookie, Wed Dec-19-01 02:56 AM i understand about making the xp boot disks, but what i don't understand is how you make your cd bootable. i changed my bios to boot from cd-rom but all i get when i boot up with my xp cd-rom in the drive is "invalid disk". what am i doing wrong here? can you help out a poor old lamer here? thanks. Rookie (aka Lamer) :'(
2609, RE: formatting hd for xp install Posted by Sonny, Wed Dec-19-01 03:43 AM The diskettes are used to let you use your CD when it is NOT CD bootable. In other words, change your bios back to boot from floppy then reboot. The diskettes contain drivers to recognize your CD so that you can install to a clean disk without an OS present. If your PC allows you to boot from CD, you are not doing it properly. Set your bios sequence to boot in the following order: 1. CD 2. HDD 3. Floppy. Now when you press reset, or turn your system on, it will get to a screen that will tell you to press any key to boot from CD. If you are late and miss this prompt, it will attemp to boot from HDD and give you an "invalid disk" halt.
2610, RE: formatting hd for xp install Posted by Rookie, Wed Dec-19-01 04:13 AM thanks Sonny! guess i was just a little slow on the trigger....works just like magic! Rookie (aka Lamer) :-)