how do i install windows on a new hard drive

[Guest]

i have an HP pavilion desktop that only has a cd drive no floppy,
what do i need to do to install windows on this hard drive?
i have tried to just put in the windows disk and let bios do it but after
about 2 mins of installing i just get a bios curser blinkong and thats it.
any suggestions?

 

[JS]

Change the BIOS setting to Boot from CD drive first.
Then see below:

How to do a Clean Install of Windows XP
From Michael Steven's: http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
more info: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/XPClean.htm
and: http://www.theeldergeek.com/clean_installation_of_windows_xp.htm

Also make sure you have/install the drivers you need for your motherboard,
video
card, sound card, Etc.

JS

 

[Jim]

i have an HP pavilion desktop that only has a cd drive no floppy,
what do i need to do to install windows on this hard drive?
i have tried to just put in the windows disk and let bios do it but after
about 2 mins of installing i just get a bios curser blinkong and thats it.
any suggestions?

Did you set the CD drive to be at the head of the list of devices? This is
a BIOS setting.

Once the CD boots select a clean install....

Jim

 

[Guest]

ok for this answer all i have to say is i have not quite made it to the
selection of clean install it just has the bios curser that blinks for well i
let it go for 20 mins and got nothing

Change the BIOS setting to Boot from CD drive first.
Then see below:

How to do a Clean Install of Windows XP
From Michael Steven's: http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
more info: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/XPClean.htm
and: http://www.theeldergeek.com/clean_installation_of_windows_xp.htm

well every thing is already installed i just changed the hard drive moreless
up graded

 

[Ron Badour]

Did you go into the BIOS and make the CDRom drive the first boot device,
save the setting and then exit the BIOS?