Format Hard Drive

[Guest]

HI people

Can anyone tell me how i can load my pc in C drive and format the hard drive
before installing windows xp professional or is there a better way of doing
this? i have tried to load the drive with thexp cd but i am getting error
message

thanks for your help in advance

 

[John]

HI people

Can anyone tell me how i can load my pc in C drive and format the hard drive
before installing windows xp professional or is there a better way of doing
this? i have tried to load the drive with thexp cd but i am getting error
message

thanks for your help in advance

You don't need to format a drive to install XP, as you will have the
option to format after the CD has booted. Have you tried the hard drive
in another PC to confirm it's OK?

John.

 

[flyercan]

More details would help us understand your problem. You get an error booting
from the windows XP cd or actually installing win xp after it already booted
from the cd? You say load... do you mean install windows onto the drive. If
you boot your pc from Window xp cd you should get the option of deleting all
partitions before installing windows. I recommend doing this to get rid of
any crap that may be lurking on the drive and create 2 partitions so you can
save files to the 2nd for future formatting of drive c and to create a backup
image onto drive d.

 

[Guest]

i am trying to format the hard drive and to installal micorsoft xp
proffession i put the cd in and boot it with the cd before it gives me the
option to format i get a blue screen with the following error

stop c0000221 unknown hard error \systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll

 

[flyercan]

Ok, with that I now repeat what john says. Try it in another computer to
confirm its ok and do a format there. Ram can also be a nasty problem for
some computers. Are you mixing 2 types of memory. If so try doing it with
just one stick installed. If all you have is one stick pop it out and put it
back. If you have access to another stick, try it. Do this with the power
supply turned off or power cable disconnected.

i am trying to format the hard drive and to installal micorsoft xp
proffession i put the cd in and boot it with the cd before it gives me the
option to format i get a blue screen with the following error

stop c0000221 unknown hard error \systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll

More details would help us understand your problem. You get an error booting
from the windows XP cd or actually installing win xp after it already booted

[quoted text clipped - 13 lines]

 

[DL]

You posted this Q several days ago, and received responses, nothings changed
since then.

 

[Malke]

i am trying to format the hard drive and to installal micorsoft xp
proffession i put the cd in and boot it with the cd before it gives me the
option to format i get a blue screen with the following error

stop c0000221 unknown hard error \systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll

Is this the same hard drive about which you posted before? Buy a new
hard drive - this one is dying. If this is a new hard drive but the same
computer with which you were having similar problems, you have not
addressed the hardware failure on it. You will need to get your hardware
problems fixed before you can install an operating system on this machine.


Malke

 

[HeyBub]

HI people

Can anyone tell me how i can load my pc in C drive and format the
hard drive before installing windows xp professional or is there a
better way of doing this? i have tried to load the drive with thexp
cd but i am getting error message

thanks for your help in advance

Yes, the better way is to not format the target drive.

Let the installation process do what it needs to do to prepare its own nest.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

HI people

Can anyone tell me how i can load my pc in C drive and format the hard drive
before installing windows xp professional or is there a better way of doing
this? i have tried to load the drive with thexp cd but i am getting error
message

thanks for your help in advance

After backing up any data you wish to transfer to the new OS
installation, simply boot from the WinXP installation CD. You'll be
offered the opportunity to delete, create, and format partitions as part
of the installation process. (You may need to re-arrange the order of
boot devices in the PC's BIOS to boot from the CD.)

HOW TO Install Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;316941

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm

Then the backed up data can be restored and applications re-installed.


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Bruce Chambers

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[c0000221 stop is killing me]

Hi, i am new to this, so sorry for my noobishness. i am having the same
problem. i bought a new hard drive, same error. i tried it with both memorys,
then one, then the other. i tried changing the boot order in set up and made
sure it is booting to the cd rom. it is xp service pack 1a on a dell
dimension 4600. what else could it be? i even put my old video card back in.
any help would be great