Reformatting Win XP and installing Win ME

[BJ]

I have a hard drive in NTFS format and I want to reformat
into FAT32 and install Windows ME on it. When I boot the
computer, after running through the bios, it
says "Primary Master Hard Disk Fail". Or something to
that effect. When I press F1 to continue, it says "No
Operating System Found". I have an MS-DOS boot disk, so
when I put that into the drive I can get to an A prompt
(A:/), but I cannot input any other commands. Can anyone
help. I just want to reformat and install Windows ME. It
seems like it should be such a simple task, but yet I
have spent hours trying to figure it out, and there seems
to be no help anywhere online. Can anyone help?

Thanx,
BJ

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

BJ;
Follow this:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314052

If the computer originally came with Windows XP, verify the existence
of Windows ME drivers.
Some of the newer hardware does not have drivers for Windows 9x.

 

[Michael Stevens]

I have a hard drive in NTFS format and I want to reformat
into FAT32 and install Windows ME on it. When I boot the
computer, after running through the bios, it
says "Primary Master Hard Disk Fail". Or something to
that effect. When I press F1 to continue, it says "No
Operating System Found". I have an MS-DOS boot disk, so
when I put that into the drive I can get to an A prompt
(A:/), but I cannot input any other commands. Can anyone
help. I just want to reformat and install Windows ME. It
seems like it should be such a simple task, but yet I
have spent hours trying to figure it out, and there seems
to be no help anywhere online. Can anyone help?

Thanx,
BJ

Click on or copy and paste the link below into your web browser address box.
Remove XP and install 98/Me
http://michaelstevenstech.com/xpfaq.html#how5
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