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I INSTALLED WINDOWS XP PRO AND AFTRE I DID IT I CAN[T GET MY COMPUTER TO
START WINDOWS I GET A MESSAGE THAT SAYS DRIVE NOT READY, INSERT BOOT DISKETTE
IN A PRESS ANY KEY WHEN READY HOW CAN I FIX THIS
 
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On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 09:15:04 -0800, CAN,T START XP PRO wrote:

> I INSTALLED WINDOWS XP PRO AND AFTRE I DID IT I CAN[T GET MY COMPUTER TO
> START WINDOWS I GET A MESSAGE THAT SAYS DRIVE NOT READY, INSERT BOOT DISKETTE
> IN A PRESS ANY KEY WHEN READY HOW CAN I FIX THIS

Did you change the boot order to CD when you installed XP? Did you change
it back to hard drive when finished?

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Please turn off the Cap Lock. We can hear you fine.

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"CAN,T START XP PRO" <CANTSTARTXPPRO@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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>I INSTALLED WINDOWS XP PRO AND AFTRE I DID IT I CAN[T GET MY COMPUTER TO
> START WINDOWS I GET A MESSAGE THAT SAYS DRIVE NOT READY, INSERT BOOT
> DISKETTE
> IN A PRESS ANY KEY WHEN READY HOW CAN I FIX THIS
 
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Make sure you did not leave a floppy in A: or a cd in your cd drive.

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Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
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"CAN,T START XP PRO" <CANTSTARTXPPRO@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:E6D9151E-394A-4A7B-A803-245264331282@microsoft.com...
>I INSTALLED WINDOWS XP PRO AND AFTRE I DID IT I CAN[T GET MY COMPUTER TO
> START WINDOWS I GET A MESSAGE THAT SAYS DRIVE NOT READY, INSERT BOOT
> DISKETTE
> IN A PRESS ANY KEY WHEN READY HOW CAN I FIX THIS