bible_mann_2k
July 3rd 05, 08:36 PM
Problem:
"Disk Error
Press Any Key to Restart"
Here’s the story...
I had a hard time entering into Windows with my first hard drive, and
I’ve had problems with this hard drive before, so thankfully before
this hard drive crashed, I bought a second hard drive to store all my
valuable information on. Since I had problems logging onto Windows
with my first hard drive, I wanted to install Windows onto my second
hard drive. My second hard drive has my files on it, but I didn’t
install Windows on it.
I decided to install Windows on my second hard drive. Everything was
going fine when I booted from c.d. I saw the blue screen and was able
to go through some of the simple setup steps. I chose the option leave
the current file system intact, and I changed the name of the folder
in which setup would be used to install the files. There was already a
"WINDOWS" file so I named a new file "WINDOWSS" so that my
documents wouldn’t be deleted. Setup then copied my files, and told me
that it would restart my computer within 15 seconds, and then it would
continue the supposedly simple setup. However, when my computer
restarted, I saw the command "press any key to boot from cd..." When
the third or forth dot appeared on the screen, I got the response
"disk error. Press any key to restart." When I went through the long
setup process again, I pressed a key to boot from the c.d., and then
setup loaded, and I went through the long phase of copying the files
again and everything that I mentioned thus far. Setup isn’t going into
its second phase after the restart. It keeps on wanting me to start
from the beginning. Why is that?
That’s the million dollar question.
Thanks.
--Franklin
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"Disk Error
Press Any Key to Restart"
Here’s the story...
I had a hard time entering into Windows with my first hard drive, and
I’ve had problems with this hard drive before, so thankfully before
this hard drive crashed, I bought a second hard drive to store all my
valuable information on. Since I had problems logging onto Windows
with my first hard drive, I wanted to install Windows onto my second
hard drive. My second hard drive has my files on it, but I didn’t
install Windows on it.
I decided to install Windows on my second hard drive. Everything was
going fine when I booted from c.d. I saw the blue screen and was able
to go through some of the simple setup steps. I chose the option leave
the current file system intact, and I changed the name of the folder
in which setup would be used to install the files. There was already a
"WINDOWS" file so I named a new file "WINDOWSS" so that my
documents wouldn’t be deleted. Setup then copied my files, and told me
that it would restart my computer within 15 seconds, and then it would
continue the supposedly simple setup. However, when my computer
restarted, I saw the command "press any key to boot from cd..." When
the third or forth dot appeared on the screen, I got the response
"disk error. Press any key to restart." When I went through the long
setup process again, I pressed a key to boot from the c.d., and then
setup loaded, and I went through the long phase of copying the files
again and everything that I mentioned thus far. Setup isn’t going into
its second phase after the restart. It keeps on wanting me to start
from the beginning. Why is that?
That’s the million dollar question.
Thanks.
--Franklin
--
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