Help loading XP clean install

Post by **VelvetGeorge** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 4:36 pm

You guys must wonder how I ever started an internet based business at all.

I need to install XP Pro on a disk drive which I have set the partition and formatted NTFS.

John from Sozo sent me an Iso of an XP disk which I have burned. But the comp won't boot to.

I have loaded bios defaults and I can start in DOS. I just can't get setup to run. What do I need to do in DOS to get it going?

Thanks for any help!

George

What a F'in week, I'm on day two with the main comp down. And, UPS tracking shows my JTM 45/100 as out for delivery. They usually show up at 10AM, it's 5PM and still no sign of them..... RRRRrrrrrrr.

rockstah · Post by **rockstah** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 4:47 pm

VelvetGeorge wrote:You guys must wonder how I ever started an internet based business at all.

I need to install XP Pro on a disk drive which I have set the partition and formatted NTFS.

John from Sozo sent me an Iso of an XP disk which I have burned. But the comp won't boot to.

I have loaded bios defaults and I can start in DOS. I just can't get setup to run. What do I need to do in DOS to get it going?

Thanks for any help!

George

What a F'in week, I'm on day two with the main comp down. And, UPS tracking shows my JTM 45/100 as out for delivery. They usually show up at 10AM, it's 5PM and still no sign of them..... RRRRrrrrrrr.

something to try george in bios of that computer is make sure your boot disk priority is set to cd first priority- that is assuming the iso image you have is bootable infact

make sure you save changes then insert disk and reboot the computer - follow the prompts - good luck

Post by **VelvetGeorge** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 5:11 pm

Thanks Mark, I did try that. I don't get any prompts. It just says "missing operating system".

George

rockstah · Post by **rockstah** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 5:44 pm

VelvetGeorge wrote:Thanks Mark, I did try that. I don't get any prompts. It just says "missing operating system".

George

George and you are sure this disk is bootable? - in other words someone else has been able to boot form it and used it to install ?

Post by **VelvetGeorge** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 5:49 pm

No, I'm not. I burned it as an exact copy, but maybe there is copy protection in them.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 6:00 pm

Tried it on a different comp, didn't work. Can I make it start setup from DOS? John said I had to run NT setup because it's 16 bit. But i forget whch .exe to run

George

rockstah · Post by **rockstah** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 6:04 pm

Anonymous wrote:Tried it on a different comp, didn't work. Can I make it start setup from DOS? John said I had to run NT setup because it's 16 bit. But i forget whch .exe to run

George

George my 2 cents would be u want to run it the install from the machine booted from the cd yes you probably could trick it but my take with winxp is boot from cd to install = less headaches down the road sorry i couldnt help further

Post by **VelvetGeorge** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 6:09 pm

That's OK, thanks.

George

Eoin · Post by **Eoin** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 7:34 pm

DOS can't see an NTFS partition, and the XP setup program won't run under DOS so getting a bootable XP cd is pretty much the only option. Check the settings in your cd burning software, could be something switchable. Though it's more likely that the program that made the iso just wasn't set to take a copy of a bootable and protected disc, or is incapable of doing it.

Post by **VelvetGeorge** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 8:07 pm

Yep, that's where I'm at. DOS won't see the drive and I can't run setup.

George

Necrovore · Post by **Necrovore** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 8:18 pm

When you burnt the ISO did you burn the Image or burn the data normally? what buring program did you use?

rockstah · Post by **rockstah** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 8:22 pm

one other thing i thought about was that some machines arent able to boot from the cd and in this case you can,i think make some bootable floppies from that cd. its been so long since i was a computer geek - keep in mind you are going to need around 15-20 floppies for this purpose if you can do it this way...
assuming the only wrong with that iso of xp is that they didnt make it bootable

Post by **VelvetGeorge** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 8:26 pm

Ok, new questions.

What if I reformat as FAT32. Can I install W2K from DOS and then upgrade to XP?

Will I be able to change to NTFS?

George

Post by **VelvetGeorge** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 8:28 pm

Necrovore wrote:When you burnt the ISO did you burn the Image or burn the data normally? what buring program did you use?

I used Nero. I dragged the iso into Nero and burned it.

George

NitroLiq · Post by **NitroLiq** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 10:06 pm

I realize this may be redundant and you may know DOS already but when you format your OS partition, you lose your CD-ROM drivers. The XP boot CD has generic drivers it loads during the install process to make the install possible. If the disk isn't bootable, you may not have the CD-ROM drivers installed. That's why it's always good to have the drivers on a floppy somewhere...just in case. Visit the support sections at the manufacturer of your CD-ROM to get the drivers and install them.

If they're installed, the next step would be to make the CD drive your primary boot device from the BIOS. If you've done that, and it's still not recognizing the CD, try accessing the files on the CD via DOS. Example, say "e" is your CD Drive, in DOS, type this at the DOS prompt:

e:

That will change you over to the drive if it's being recognized. If it is, then type:

dir

that will list the files on the CD. Look for an .exe file for startup and see if you can execute it via DOS.

Pete

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