Probelm installing Win Server 03 on PC with XP bootng from..

[Guest]

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Having back-uped my hard disk, partitioned the drive, obtained the right
version of Windows Server (32 bit not 64) I am ready to install......

When I click on the exe file it tells me to boot the PC from the CD.
But when I try to boot the machine from the disk I get as far as the window
asking me to press return to continue installing windows when the machine
freezes (or at least it does not respond when I press the return key).

The alternative suggestion I get is to try setup CD1 etc But when I try this
in the command window it refers me to the Control Panel where I get the
message again about booting from the CD.

Help

 

[bill]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

When you boot from the CD you will see a message "press any key to boot from
CD" did you press a key?


"Mike, Liverpool" <MikeLiverpool@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BD682C96-D94E-4520-807A-267CDB465CD3@microsoft.com...
> Having back-uped my hard disk, partitioned the drive, obtained the right
> version of Windows Server (32 bit not 64) I am ready to install......
>
> When I click on the exe file it tells me to boot the PC from the CD.
> But when I try to boot the machine from the disk I get as far as the
> window
> asking me to press return to continue installing windows when the machine
> freezes (or at least it does not respond when I press the return key).
>
> The alternative suggestion I get is to try setup CD1 etc But when I try
> this
> in the command window it refers me to the Control Panel where I get the
> message again about booting from the CD.
>
> Help
>