Windows installation never start

Hi this is my first post on this forum
i have encountered this problem
i have a western d. hd 200 gb ; well one day i decided to format my pc.. Ok
i set up the bios with cd boot (i m using win xp sp1 cd) , the format blu screen
appear, i make a complete ntfs format and after that the cd copy the files to hd, then the pc auto reboot All fine ,BUT...
Now after rebooting the installation screen should start, but this doesnt happen, while i can see the picture of windows xp ( loading picture ) thet freeze immediatly ( it find nothing!!) every time i reboot this happen again and again
I CANT MAKE THE INSTALLETION START

P.S. i have tried an other copy of win xp too but... same problem

i dont know why and where is the problem

if u have any idea pls help me!

SOrRy My SpAgHeTTi EnGlIsH

 

Need to know your system. If it's a Dell, Gateway, HP, etc. you may have a problem and would possibly need to use your system restore CD to put things back to right.

Please give some specifics on what you are running as to hardware.

 

i have an assembled pc
amd 2400+ , asus a7v600 , ati 9700 pro
and western digital 200gb 7200 rpm
other nice stuff but not important

 

Others can answer this better than I as I run 2000, not XP but the SP1 may be causing the problem. You may have to partition the drive down to two smaller partitions as I believe that XP SP1 won't handle a 200gig drive.

Like I said, others can better address this point but I THINK SP1 does have a drive size restriction smaller than what you are running.

 

Suggest you get the utilities for your drive from Western Digital www.westerndigital.com (Support > Downloads). Partition and format with those, then run the Windows CD.

If someone else cannot confirm the SP1 limitation, try partitioning as less than 120GB (example, one partition of 120GB and one partition of 80GB).

Matt

 

shot in the dark = kill the orig partitions first. IOW - make XP's installer do the entire disk. partitions and format.

and if u'r 200 gig disk was installed using the WD utility, u may have issues w/ the 'bios overlay' if it was used. the purpose of the overlay is to get systems that can't directly address a large hd thru bios.

so ... if u'r bios supports the drive directly, u should NOT use the WD utility to install the drive. if the drive WAS installed w/ the utility, read it's directions on getting rid of it ... then proceed. or ... if u bios does NOT support the drive directly, u must use the util AND read it's docs on 'howto' install an OS as u must use a boot modifier keystroke to do this