Thanks, I just read something like that on another post. Will try that next
and thanks again. Guess I will keep plugging away.
"Michael W. Ryder" wrote:
> DK wrote:
> > I'm sorry, I just now tried and booted from the windows XP cd, went all the
> > throught to Windows setup, asked if wanted to install, hit enter to continue.
> > When I enter then it goes and says "Setup did not find any hard drives
> > installed on this computer. Make sure they are powered on, etc., Setup cannot
> > continue.
> >
> > I tried this twice with same result. There has not been any problems with
> > the hard drives in this sever. Please advise and thanks.
> >
> >
> Are the drives SCSI? If they are you might need drivers for the SCSI
> controller on a floppy to be installed when the prompt is given for
> other drivers.
>
>
> > "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
> >
> >
> >>"DK" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >>news:C8BA1317-0825-45C1-83EC-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >>
> >>>We have replaced our server recently and was wondering if someone could
> >>
> >>point
> >>
> >>>me in a direction to convert the Windows NT Raid 5 server to an Windows XP
> >>>workstation as it would be good to put it to use. In trying to install XP,
> >>
> >>it
> >>
> >>>just sees the existing server. Any suggestions would be greatly
> >>
> >>appreciated.
> >>
> >>Perform a standard WinXP installation:
> >>- Boot the machine with a WinXP CD.
> >>- When prompted, allow the hard disk to be formatted.
> >>
> >>
> >>
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