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More info?)
No, When it got to the part of the installation where it shows the
partitions there were already two. I went to delete the C one and it
warned me about doing this ( apart from the usual warning about loosing
data ) something about drivers may be here !
Anyway I'm not going to worry about it for now !
regards, Dave
RonK wrote:
> Glad to see you're up and running.
>
> Did you create 2 partitions ?
> If you have a Zip Drive connected it may become the C drive. It's best to
> disconnect any external drives when installing XP.
>
>
> "Dave Porter" <dave@dj-software.com.au> wrote in message
> news:OCcbtfKaFHA.2868@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>
>>Hi Ron,
>>
>>I've since got it going.
>>
>>I just tried selecting the various options when I press 'S' and the SCSI
>>option worked ( even though it is not a SCSI disk ? ).
>>
>>The only small issue now is when I deleted the partition and re-formated
>>the HD, it ended up being drive 'D' and I have a small 'C' partition.
>>
>>But we have a working computer - thanks for all your help.
>>
>>regards, Dave
>>
>>
>>RonK wrote:
>>
>>>Hi Dave,
>>>
>>>Have a look at the floppy to make sure the .txt file is there and is not
>>>in .zip form.
>>>
>>>Another problem could be that you may have more that 1 hard drive
>>>installed and your bios is not set to boot from the SATA (SCSI in bios).
>>>
>>>What motherboard is it (make and model)
>>>
>>>"Dave Porter" <dave@dj-software.com.au> wrote in message
>>>news:OnSJ78JaFHA.2128@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi Ron,
>>>>
>>>>You got me there ?
>>>>
>>>>The floppy came with the computer - I did not have to create it.
>>>>
>>>>Do you mean I have to create another floppy ?
>>>>
>>>>regards, Dave
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>RonK wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Did you create the floppy the proper way ?
>>>>>You have to run the program from the cd to create the floppy.
>>>>>
>>>>>"Dave Porter" <dave@dj-software.com.au> wrote in message
>>>>>news:eg5A63EaFHA.900@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>RonK - Thank you - that is it !
>>>>>>But ( and isn't there always a but ! )
>>>>>>
>>>>>>After I press F6 and then it goes thru the start up and tells me to
>>>>>>press S to install the drivers, it access's the floppy, then I get this
>>>>>>error !
>>>>>>
>>>>>>file txtsetup.oem caused an unexpected error (1024) at line 1742 in
>>>>>>d:\xpclient\base\boot\setup\oemdisk.c.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>press any key to continue.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Any thoughts ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>cheers, Dave
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>RonK wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>If the hard drive is a SATA you need to press F6 when prompted and
>>>>>>>have the floppy in the drive with the SATA drivers.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>"Dave Porter" <dave@dj-software.com.au> wrote in message
>>>>>>>news:OMdEvjDaFHA.2664@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Hi everyone,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I'm helping out a friend who's XP pro computer died.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I organised a new box for him, but I thought he had XP Home, so the
>>>>>>>>dealer installed XP Home. I just got it back to my place and booted
>>>>>>>>it up and tried to enter his Product Code, but it would not accept
>>>>>>>>it. Then discovered he has XP Pro.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>So I thought no worries I'll throw in an XP Pro CD and let it
>>>>>>>>install.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>It boots from the CD and goes thru all the loading and
>>>>>>>>initialisation, but then when it get to point where it tells me to
>>>>>>>>press Enter to install Windows, it announces that it can't find a
>>>>>>>>hard drive !!!!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>But it still boots to the Windows XP Home set up if I start it up
>>>>>>>>without the CD in - so clearly the Hard drive is working and being
>>>>>>>>found.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Any one with any thoughts ?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>regards & TIA, Dave @
>>>>>>>>dj-software
>>>>>>>>Perth, Western Australia
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>
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