drive when you boot up from the Win Cd. List all the parts you have installed so we can review them and see what you have connected. you have to format the hard drive, sorry about the typo. I already set the CD drive as the first booting device, as I said...

go unrecognized for installation. If you have an XP installation CD, format the hard drive with it. Then Vista 64 will recognize the SATA HD and load the installation files. Is it enough to put the drive in another computer and format it there, or does...

clear the hard drive. Carey, in this thread has given you a number of suggestions including a clean install but it should be noted, a clean install will format the hard drive. In your question, you have essentially described wanting to format the hard...

XP Repair Installation. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics () Doug Knox: Thank you for the following: My situation is that my XP came in OEM form, with no Microsoft Installation CD. The "Restore CD" furnished by eMachines will...

diagnostic, it took a little over 2 days, but everything check out good. I don't think there could be any viruses or spyware, both hard drives were formatted, before I tried to install Windows XP Home. There were some unknown devices with question marks....

Need quick answer to quick question. I was'nt sure where to post so it ended up here. I am replacing my cpu, motherboard, and memory on wednesday and have a important question. Do I need to format my hard drive before I make the switch and then reinstall Windows...

to the motherboard it is first installed on. Unlike the retail versions of Windows which can be transferred to a new computer, OEM licenses are not transferable. Both OEM and Retail Vista is licensed on a per copy per device basis. You can install only one...

ae127/Tecmo34/PC%20Build/RearIOPanel.jpg [ff0000] Install components on motherboard (outside of case): In this step you want to get your motherboard ready by installing components that are best install outside of the case; CPU, CPU...

determining to format the hard drive when upgrading to a new motherboard and CPU depend on what you getting. If from AMD system to Intel system or vice versa, then you would have to do a clean install. Otherwise, you will see a blue screen of death or memory...

Thanks > Will > "glee" wrote in message > news:uRxoOhx4EHA.3380@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl... >> Why not just try installing on your 95 system? As I mentioned, they will > either >>install, or refuse to install, and then you will know what works. >> -- >> Glen...