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Win XP Pro format issues
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Win XP Pro format issues
Sunday, February 8, 2004 at 7:29 am
Posted by Nicole Fagan
(2 messages posted)
I am trying to install Win XP Pro on a used 20 GB HD which previously had W2K on
it. I booted to the XP CD, deleted the existing partition, repartitioned the space,
and attempted to format. This is where I get one of two error messages - either
"Setup cannot access the XP setup CD" or Setup cannot format the HD due to something
corrupt (or something like that). Doesn't matter if I try to format NFTS or FAT32.
However, I can format FAT32 using my Win 98 boot disk, but when I go back to install
XP, I get the second error message. I've tried using the XP Pro Floppy setup (downloaded
from microsoft), I've tried using a different XP CD, I've tried a different HD (also
used, was a previous XP install). Both of these HD were working fine before I deleted
the partition, so what gives?
I'm not getting why this isn't working and would love some help....
Thanks!
Nicole
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re: Win XP Pro format issues
Sunday, February 8, 2004 at 3:46 pm
Posted by Francis Whittier
(235 messages posted)
Did you do an FDISK before the format? If not, you should.
On Sunday, February 8, 2004 at 7:29 am, Nicole Fagan wrote:
>I am trying to install Win XP Pro on a used 20 GB HD which previously had W2K on
>it. I booted to the XP CD, deleted the existing partition, repartitioned the space,
>and attempted to format. This is where I get one of two error messages - either
>"Setup cannot access the XP setup CD" or Setup cannot format the HD due to something
>corrupt (or something like that). Doesn't matter if I try to format NFTS or FAT32.
> However, I can format FAT32 using my Win 98 boot disk, but when I go back to install
>XP, I get the second error message. I've tried using the XP Pro Floppy setup (downloaded
>from microsoft), I've tried using a different XP CD, I've tried a different HD (also
>used, was a previous XP install). Both of these HD were working fine before I deleted
>the partition, so what gives?
>
>I'm not getting why this isn't working and would love some help....
>
>Thanks!
>
>Nicole
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re: Win XP Pro format issues
Monday, February 9, 2004 at 9:34 am
Posted by Nicole Fagan
(2 messages posted)
I deleted the partition from XP setup, but when that gave me a hard time, I did FDISK
with a Win98 boot disk. Didn't work either way. What did work was installing Win
98, then installing XP over it. During setup XP "deleted" the other O/S, and seems
to be running fine now... Doing it this way was definately not my preferance, and
I'd love to hear any other suggestions...
Thanks!
Nicole
On Sunday, February 8, 2004 at 3:46 pm, Fran wrote:
>Did you do an FDISK before the format? If not, you should.
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