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ankitmadan   06-04-2008 at 08:57:28 PM

Hi

I have a P4 HT (old one)
I formatted its hard disk using another comp to install a fresh copy of WinXP
but the bootable XP is unable to start as there is a "GRUB" message that is last shown and then nothing happens.

I have only 1 drive attached to this comp which is this one.it is running in a slave mode(doesn't matter as its the only default drive for the motherboard to read, and i have lost my jumper pin so thats y it is running in a slave mode.)

What shd i do abt this "GRUB" message and how shd i go about installing WinXP ?

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Zoron   06-05-2008 at 12:14:08 AM
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Did the computer you formatted this drive on happen to have Linux on it? If so, make sure the drive is formatted as either FAT or NTFS... Windows will NOT recognize any other file system on a local drive.

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4ryan6   06-05-2008 at 03:04:38 PM
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And do it on the machine you're attempting to install the operating system on in the first place.

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