Barebones

[Guest]

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Just bought a barebones system and tried to load windows XP (Home), but
system shuts down once the setup disk loads all the drivers as if it were
starting the install process. I have connected everything correctly (i.e. cd
and dvd, hdd, ram, floppy, etc). I know i need to partition the drive, but
can figure out how to create a XP startup floppy that contains the fdisk
command. Can any help? thnkz

 

[Guest]

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Also, does it matter if the XP home is a copy (not currently being used on
orig pc) that is being used for this install?

"Rich Albright" <usaarich033@adelphia.net> wrote in message
news:adOdnWHP_KvnlALfRVn-uQ@adelphia.com...
> Just bought a barebones system and tried to load windows XP (Home), but
> system shuts down once the setup disk loads all the drivers as if it were
> starting the install process. I have connected everything correctly (i.e.
> cd
> and dvd, hdd, ram, floppy, etc). I know i need to partition the drive, but
> can figure out how to create a XP startup floppy that contains the fdisk
> command. Can any help? thnkz
>

 

[ken]

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squiggy wrote:
> Also, does it matter if the XP home is a copy (not currently being used on
> orig pc) that is being used for this install?
>
> "Rich Albright" <usaarich033@adelphia.net> wrote in message
> news:adOdnWHP_KvnlALfRVn-uQ@adelphia.com...
>
>>Just bought a barebones system and tried to load windows XP (Home), but
>>system shuts down once the setup disk loads all the drivers as if it were
>>starting the install process. I have connected everything correctly (i.e.
>>cd
>>and dvd, hdd, ram, floppy, etc). I know i need to partition the drive, but
>>can figure out how to create a XP startup floppy that contains the fdisk
>>command. Can any help? thnkz
>>
>
>
>

You are not using an OEM Windows XP CD, are you?? If you are, the
hardware must match that in the original computer or it will not work.

 

[Guest]

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Thanks, Ken. Yes, I was trying to be cheap out about the thing. Guess I'll
go out and get XP Pro.

"Ken" <user@domain.invalid> wrote in message
news:jHGne.277291$cg1.28187@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
> squiggy wrote:
>> Also, does it matter if the XP home is a copy (not currently being used
>> on orig pc) that is being used for this install?
>>
>> "Rich Albright" <usaarich033@adelphia.net> wrote in message
>> news:adOdnWHP_KvnlALfRVn-uQ@adelphia.com...
>>
>>>Just bought a barebones system and tried to load windows XP (Home), but
>>>system shuts down once the setup disk loads all the drivers as if it were
>>>starting the install process. I have connected everything correctly (i.e.
>>>cd
>>>and dvd, hdd, ram, floppy, etc). I know i need to partition the drive,
>>>but
>>>can figure out how to create a XP startup floppy that contains the fdisk
>>>command. Can any help? thnkz
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> You are not using an OEM Windows XP CD, are you?? If you are, the
> hardware must match that in the original computer or it will not work.

 

[Guest]

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On Thu, 2 Jun 2005 17:47:04 -0400, "squiggy"
<usaarich033@adelphia.net> wrote:

>Thanks, Ken. Yes, I was trying to be cheap out about the thing. Guess I'll
>go out and get XP Pro.
>
With XP, no need for fdisk on a floppy. With a brand new, clean HD,
put XP disk in CD, strat and XP will do everything. In XP pro, you get
IIS, Internet Information Services WebServer software. You can run
like a web server, run server-side stuff like ASP... Real cool.

 

[Guest]

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squiggy wrote:
> Also, does it matter if the XP home is a copy (not currently being used on
> orig pc) that is being used for this install?
>
> "Rich Albright" <usaarich033@adelphia.net> wrote in message
> news:adOdnWHP_KvnlALfRVn-uQ@adelphia.com...
>
>>Just bought a barebones system and tried to load windows XP (Home), but
>>system shuts down once the setup disk loads all the drivers as if it were
>>starting the install process. I have connected everything correctly (i.e.
>>cd
>>and dvd, hdd, ram, floppy, etc). I know i need to partition the drive, but
>>can figure out how to create a XP startup floppy that contains the fdisk
>>command. Can any help? thnkz
>>
>
>
>
You can search Microsoft for a link to XP Home startup disks. I think it
takes 6 floppies.
If it's an OEM CD, you're probably going to have some problems, Squiggly.

 

[Guest]

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Ken wrote:
> squiggy wrote:
>
>> Also, does it matter if the XP home is a copy (not currently being
>> used on orig pc) that is being used for this install?
>>
>> "Rich Albright" <usaarich033@adelphia.net> wrote in message
>> news:adOdnWHP_KvnlALfRVn-uQ@adelphia.com...
>>
>>> Just bought a barebones system and tried to load windows XP (Home), but
>>> system shuts down once the setup disk loads all the drivers as if it
>>> were
>>> starting the install process. I have connected everything correctly
>>> (i.e. cd
>>> and dvd, hdd, ram, floppy, etc). I know i need to partition the
>>> drive, but
>>> can figure out how to create a XP startup floppy that contains the fdisk
>>> command. Can any help? thnkz
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> You are not using an OEM Windows XP CD, are you?? If you are, the
> hardware must match that in the original computer or it will not work.

That's not correct. I have an OEM Win XP CD and it's OEM for a white box
generic computer. What you mean is a proprietary OEM distro, like from
Compaq or IBM atc.

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