I'm not sure what is wrong with you cd. If you bios is set correctly, it should boot. If may depend on the bios but my abit motherboards ask you is you want to boot from the cd when you boot the computer after you have set it in the bios. If you don't press any key it goes ahead and boots normally. You aren't missing a prompt during boot are you? On mine it's way down at the bottom of the screen.
You can run the WinXP install from floppies if you just want to go ahead and get it over with. I've copied some info below. The one floppy option sounds pretty intriguing but I haven't tried it. Ben Moore "To Install using the Setup startup disks. If your computer can not boot from a CD-Rom drive then you will need to use a Setup disk set to start the computer with. You can obtain a download which will create a 6 floppy Setup disk set that corresponds to your version of Windows XP from here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?releaseid=33290 Home Edition http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?releaseid=33291 Pro Edition Once the Startup process is finished you can point to the location of your Windows XP CD or files to begin the install. An alternative to the 6 floppy Setup disk set is to use the 1 floppy XP Install Disk from here www.bootdisk.com . Boot with it and then run WINNT.EXE from the \i386 directory of your XP CD or your setup files location." -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jo Walker - Kiwisabe Website Services Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 12:40 PM To: PCWorks Subject: PCWorks: Installing Win Xp Hi Guys and Gals Ive just finished reformatting my hubbys hard drive Pent III 866 and am having problems trying to install Win XP Ive done the FDISK and FORMAT C fine but just cant seem to work out the next step. Ive changed the BIOS to boot from CD Rom but it wont do it. It accepts that the CD rom is there but still keep wanting to boot from the floppy startup disk. If i remove the start up disk and reboot it tells me to put it back in. Help please Thanks Jo Walker ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
