Fried hard drive

[Maurice]

Hi - I have an older computer ... hard drive fried ... I
originally installed Windows XP after upgrading from ME >
2000 ... been working GREAT. Now, my problem is ... I
got a new hard drive ... but my system won't boot from a
CD ... only from floppy or hard drive ... I can't install
XP on my new drive ... I'm dead-in-the-water! Help?
(PS - I have access to another computer currently running
Windows XP Pro)

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)]

This should get you going:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=5582
0EDB-5039-4955-BCB7-4FED408EA73F

--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/

"Maurice" > wrote in message
...
> Hi - I have an older computer ... hard drive fried ... I
> originally installed Windows XP after upgrading from ME >
> 2000 ... been working GREAT. Now, my problem is ... I
> got a new hard drive ... but my system won't boot from a
> CD ... only from floppy or hard drive ... I can't install
> XP on my new drive ... I'm dead-in-the-water! Help?
> (PS - I have access to another computer currently running
> Windows XP Pro)

[Maurice]

Thanks ... this seems to be just what the doctor
ordered ... downloading now.
>-----Original Message-----
>This should get you going:
>http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?
displaylang=en&FamilyID=5582
>0EDB-5039-4955-BCB7-4FED408EA73F
>
>--
>Michael Solomon MS-MVP
>Windows Shell/User
>Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
>DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
>
>"Maurice" > wrote in message
...
>> Hi - I have an older computer ... hard drive fried ...
I
>> originally installed Windows XP after upgrading from
ME >
>> 2000 ... been working GREAT. Now, my problem is ... I
>> got a new hard drive ... but my system won't boot from
a
>> CD ... only from floppy or hard drive ... I can't
install
>> XP on my new drive ... I'm dead-in-the-water! Help?
>> (PS - I have access to another computer currently
running
>> Windows XP Pro)
>
>
>.
>

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Boot a Win9x startup floppy and load CD support. Run the winnt.exe file from
the \I386 folder to start setup.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

"Maurice" > wrote in message
...
> Hi - I have an older computer ... hard drive fried ... I
> originally installed Windows XP after upgrading from ME >
> 2000 ... been working GREAT. Now, my problem is ... I
> got a new hard drive ... but my system won't boot from a
> CD ... only from floppy or hard drive ... I can't install
> XP on my new drive ... I'm dead-in-the-water! Help?
> (PS - I have access to another computer currently running
> Windows XP Pro)

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)]

You're welcome, Maurice, good luck.

--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/

"Maurice" > wrote in message
...
> Thanks ... this seems to be just what the doctor
> ordered ... downloading now.
> >-----Original Message-----
> >This should get you going:
> >http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?
> displaylang=en&FamilyID=5582
> >0EDB-5039-4955-BCB7-4FED408EA73F
> >
> >--
> >Michael Solomon MS-MVP
> >Windows Shell/User
> >Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
> >DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
> >
> >"Maurice" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> Hi - I have an older computer ... hard drive fried ...
> I
> >> originally installed Windows XP after upgrading from
> ME >
> >> 2000 ... been working GREAT. Now, my problem is ... I
> >> got a new hard drive ... but my system won't boot from
> a
> >> CD ... only from floppy or hard drive ... I can't
> install
> >> XP on my new drive ... I'm dead-in-the-water! Help?
> >> (PS - I have access to another computer currently
> running
> >> Windows XP Pro)
> >
> >
> >.
> >

[Maurice]

Well ... it didn't work ... I downloaded
the "WinXP_EN_PRO_BF" extractor file ... then extracted
it to the 6 floppies ... tried to boot from the first one
and got an "I/O ERROR" message. I downloaded /
extracted / made floppies on a different computer than
one that's dead ... does that make a difference?
>-----Original Message-----
>This should get you going:
>http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?
displaylang=en&FamilyID=5582
>0EDB-5039-4955-BCB7-4FED408EA73F
>
>--
>Michael Solomon MS-MVP
>Windows Shell/User
>Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
>DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
>
>"Maurice" > wrote in message
...
>> Hi - I have an older computer ... hard drive fried ...
I
>> originally installed Windows XP after upgrading from
ME >
>> 2000 ... been working GREAT. Now, my problem is ... I
>> got a new hard drive ... but my system won't boot from
a
>> CD ... only from floppy or hard drive ... I can't
install
>> XP on my new drive ... I'm dead-in-the-water! Help?
>> (PS - I have access to another computer currently
running
>> Windows XP Pro)
>
>
>.
>

[Maurice]

Hmmm ... good suggestion ... one problem ... I got rid of
all those old 9x boot floppies when I upgraded to XP.
Any other ideas? Thanks.
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi,
>
>Boot a Win9x startup floppy and load CD support. Run the
winnt.exe file from
>the \I386 folder to start setup.
>
>--
>Best of Luck,
>
>Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
>http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
>www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org
>
>"Maurice" > wrote in message
...
>> Hi - I have an older computer ... hard drive fried ...
I
>> originally installed Windows XP after upgrading from
ME >
>> 2000 ... been working GREAT. Now, my problem is ... I
>> got a new hard drive ... but my system won't boot from
a
>> CD ... only from floppy or hard drive ... I can't
install
>> XP on my new drive ... I'm dead-in-the-water! Help?
>> (PS - I have access to another computer currently
running
>> Windows XP Pro)
>
>
>.
>

[Bob S.]

http://www.bootdisk.com/

Bob S.


"Maurice" > wrote in message
...
> Hmmm ... good suggestion ... one problem ... I got rid of
> all those old 9x boot floppies when I upgraded to XP.
> Any other ideas? Thanks.

[Sharon F]

On Fri, 5 Sep 2003 17:06:05 -0700, Maurice wrote:

> Hi - I have an older computer ... hard drive fried ... I
> originally installed Windows XP after upgrading from ME >
> 2000 ... been working GREAT. Now, my problem is ... I
> got a new hard drive ... but my system won't boot from a
> CD ... only from floppy or hard drive ... I can't install
> XP on my new drive ... I'm dead-in-the-water! Help?
> (PS - I have access to another computer currently running
> Windows XP Pro)

Use boot floppies. Don't forget to load smartdrive. Details for performing
a clean install and obtaining boot disks can be found here:

http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
--
Sharon F
MS-MVP - Windows XP Shell/User

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)]

Be sure to check Sharon F's post in this thread.

--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/

"Maurice" > wrote in message
...
> Well ... it didn't work ... I downloaded
> the "WinXP_EN_PRO_BF" extractor file ... then extracted
> it to the 6 floppies ... tried to boot from the first one
> and got an "I/O ERROR" message. I downloaded /
> extracted / made floppies on a different computer than
> one that's dead ... does that make a difference?
> >-----Original Message-----
> >This should get you going:
> >http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?
> displaylang=en&FamilyID=5582
> >0EDB-5039-4955-BCB7-4FED408EA73F
> >
> >--
> >Michael Solomon MS-MVP
> >Windows Shell/User
> >Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
> >DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
> >
> >"Maurice" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> Hi - I have an older computer ... hard drive fried ...
> I
> >> originally installed Windows XP after upgrading from
> ME >
> >> 2000 ... been working GREAT. Now, my problem is ... I
> >> got a new hard drive ... but my system won't boot from
> a
> >> CD ... only from floppy or hard drive ... I can't
> install
> >> XP on my new drive ... I'm dead-in-the-water! Help?
> >> (PS - I have access to another computer currently
> running
> >> Windows XP Pro)
> >
> >
> >.
> >