Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?)
I tried to boot my pc the other day but was unable to do
so due to missing system 32 file error showing.I ran the
fdisk/mbr command to clear the boot record which i now
know was a mistake. Since then windows Xp will not
install from the cd as it starts showing multiple errors
when copying files to the hard drive when installation
reaches around 50%?.
The only was to install xp was to us a windows 98 boot
disk and format the hard drive using the ms dos commands
and then create a fat32 partition.After this inserting
the xp disk and changing to ntfs worked and xp installed
ok with no file copying errors.
The only problem is that i selected use all available
space to create partition which is correct but when
partition was created the hard drive still showed 500 mb
of unpartitioned space which does not normally happen.
Is there and was to completely clear the hard drive as
there seems to be the 500mb space that cannot be
partitioned and xp won't do a normal install and format
from the cd as above. I also cannot understand why the
hard drive came up with missing system 32 files when
trying to boot in the first place when it was running
great when i turned it off with the latest Norton
internet security defenitions installed?
I tried to boot my pc the other day but was unable to do
so due to missing system 32 file error showing.I ran the
fdisk/mbr command to clear the boot record which i now
know was a mistake. Since then windows Xp will not
install from the cd as it starts showing multiple errors
when copying files to the hard drive when installation
reaches around 50%?.
The only was to install xp was to us a windows 98 boot
disk and format the hard drive using the ms dos commands
and then create a fat32 partition.After this inserting
the xp disk and changing to ntfs worked and xp installed
ok with no file copying errors.
The only problem is that i selected use all available
space to create partition which is correct but when
partition was created the hard drive still showed 500 mb
of unpartitioned space which does not normally happen.
Is there and was to completely clear the hard drive as
there seems to be the 500mb space that cannot be
partitioned and xp won't do a normal install and format
from the cd as above. I also cannot understand why the
hard drive came up with missing system 32 files when
trying to boot in the first place when it was running
great when i turned it off with the latest Norton
internet security defenitions installed?