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xp home will not install on ntfs partition

Discussion in 'Windows XP' started by carpy, 2004/01/26.

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  1. 2004/01/26
    carpy

    carpy Inactive Thread Starter

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    hello
    Tried to install xp home on ntfs partition gets as far as installing devises
    then says cannot load installer for video press ok then cannot load
    installer for all the other drivers it then changes screen to windows has
    encountered a problem will close to prevent damage to the computer with a
    lot of error messages then does a memory dump.If i restart the computer it
    starts to install again but stops at the same point.If i format with fat32
    it installs ok.

    Help would be appreciated

    carpy
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    How are you doing the NTFS formatting?
     
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    carpy Inactive Thread Starter

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    Hi Abraxas
    I used xp home disk to format to ntfs.

    Carpy.
     
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    It seems strange that FAT32 works so well. I guess you could always install to FAT32 and then convert the drive to NTFS afterward.
     
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    Will give that a go if i can get out of the loop.Will get back to you with the results.

    carpy
     
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    :)Hi Abraxas
    That worked fine up and running on ntfs.Thanks for the rapid response and help.

    carpy
     
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    Well, that problem's a new one on me. But thank you for the feedback and I'll remember this one :)
     
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