The dos command to install XP is not "setup" it is "winnt" .
just reread the posts , in post #4 you say XP is ntfs then later Fat32 , which is it. It does matter on how best to proceed and if my prior post...
You can also go to www.bootdisk.com and download a win98 bootdisk. Download the program and put a blank floppy into drive and run the program, DO...
surferdude2- one of us is missreading the problem. ? IF you format C: you will not be able to boot to the hdd at all. When you installed XP its...
If I understand correct , when done via the ezbios the CD is detected but when booting direct to floppy the screen displays No cd drive detected,...
I have decieded that the media console card is part of the motherboard and the bios will have all the routines in it to set the card up, so likely...
I did some testing on my old 486 machine with a Matsui cd connected to a sound card. I downloaded cdboot3 and tried to boot, it did not detect...
in autoexec.bat have C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\MSCDEX /D:IBMCD001 /M:4 /V /L:G Note: besure there is no space between C: and \ as you have in prio...
I'm going to butt in for a post or 2. First you say the CD is connected via a ISA slot , then say shares an IDE connector with zip drive....
Your problem is indeed strange. I would not trust storeing data on the hdd till the problem is fixed. If the OS is not seeing the files stored by...
still do not know just what you want to do. Are you wanting to keep it in the XP comp and duel boot or put the hdd back into the old comp, after...
If the XP is on a FAT32 file system then "markp62" would defenently be on the correct path for the error, but if the XP hdd is only NTFS then...
Agree with Newt, you will need to determine just what is on the hdd. first find out what partition(s) the hdd contain , use ME fdisk or XP's...
Just want to be sure, you are removening the CD befor you reboot ?
open My Computer and then left click on the hdd/ select properties for size \use\free space for hdd. to get info requested by "Zander "...
Just how big is you hdd ? When you first start up how much free space is shown? Have you ran a anti virus test ? use "find/ file or folders"...
After reading help in XP , I would leave it like it is. There are 3 ways to change a FAT32 to NTFS 1) convert , if one has data that needs to be...
on a NTFS drive the "Boot Sectors" are different than a FAT32, and not haveing a NTFS drive can not verify if my book is correct. book says...
I have never totol rebuilt the Boot sector befor only make corrections. Upon doing some testing found out a little more editing is required for...
at offset 7E00 to 7E02 is a JUMP instruction around the template data, it is not used if the partition is non bootable, and should not be needed....
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