New Install XP Home

[Harry Ohrn]

Following the initial setup, when the computer reboots you must leave the XP
CD in the drive however make sure you don't press a key at this point when
prompted or the CD will boot. Just let the message that says "press any key
to boot CD...." time out - about 5 seconds - and then setup should continue.

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Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell/User]
[url]www.webtree.ca/windowsxp[/url]


"Chris" <helpdeskchris@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I'm having a problem with a new install of XP home
> edition. I have a brand new WD1200bb drive, I put the CD
> in the CDrom and it runs through it's normal install
> process. I select the unformatted partition, create it
> and it formats it and proceeds to install the files. It
> then reboots and comes back up and tries to start the
> installation over again asking me which partition I want
> to install on. If I select the formated partition, it says
> it already contains a OS. I've tried removing the CD after
> the initial install but then it says it doesn't detect a
> boot disk. I've tried the install, and then after the
> reboot selected the formated partition and it did the
> install again and rebooted and it seems like a never
> ending loop. Am I doing something incorrectly?

[Harry Ohrn]

no. the poster needs to ensure that they don't press a key and allow the
boot sequence to by pass the CD-Rom.

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Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell/User]
[url]www.webtree.ca/windowsxp[/url]


"Chris Lanier" <cal2002a@hotmail.NOSPAM.com> wrote in message
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> you need to set the BIOS to boot from the Hard Drive and
> NOT the cd-rom. That should fix it
>

> >-----Original Message-----
> >I'm having a problem with a new install of XP home
> >edition. I have a brand new WD1200bb drive, I put the CD
> >in the CDrom and it runs through it's normal install
> >process. I select the unformatted partition, create it
> >and it formats it and proceeds to install the files. It
> >then reboots and comes back up and tries to start the
> >installation over again asking me which partition I want
> >to install on. If I select the formated partition, it

> says

> >it already contains a OS. I've tried removing the CD

> after

> >the initial install but then it says it doesn't detect a
> >boot disk. I've tried the install, and then after the
> >reboot selected the formated partition and it did the
> >install again and rebooted and it seems like a never
> >ending loop. Am I doing something incorrectly?
> >.
> >