New Install XP Home

[Chris Lanier]

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?
>.
>

[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.

--

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


"Chris Lanier" > wrote in message
...
> 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?
> >.
> >