installing xp on large drive

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jeff garonzik

I am trying to install windows XP profesional (without
sp1, as that's the only CD I have). I am trying to install
onto a 160GB disk.

booting from CD fails to see a large drive.

I downloaded the xp sp1a floppies, created them, it boots
fine, sees a large drive, formats the drive fine, then
refuses to see my xp cd. (It asks for an xp professional
service pack 1 cd & I only have xp professional without
sp1).

Is there any way to take the xp (without sp1) floppies,
and midify them or download a fixed version that will
format a drive, then allow me to install xp, then download
and apply sp1 to it?

Any help would be greatly appreciated! thanks -jeff
 
You cannot use the SP1 setup floppy disks with a non-SP1 CD.
I would suggest making a slipstreamed version of Windows XP w/SP1.

Create A Bootable Windows XP Installation CD Slipstreamed with SP1
http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstreamed_xpsp1_cd.htm

How to Enable 48-bit Logical Block Addressing Support for ATAPI Disk Drives in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;303013&Product=winxp

Clean Install Windows XP
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Michael Stevens]

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Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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| I am trying to install windows XP profesional (without
| sp1, as that's the only CD I have). I am trying to install
| onto a 160GB disk.
|
| booting from CD fails to see a large drive.
|
| I downloaded the xp sp1a floppies, created them, it boots
| fine, sees a large drive, formats the drive fine, then
| refuses to see my xp cd. (It asks for an xp professional
| service pack 1 cd & I only have xp professional without
| sp1).
|
| Is there any way to take the xp (without sp1) floppies,
| and midify them or download a fixed version that will
| format a drive, then allow me to install xp, then download
| and apply sp1 to it?
|
| Any help would be greatly appreciated! thanks -jeff
 
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