Upgrade to XP Home, and can't convert to NTFS

[Bruce]

Hello,

I'm trying to upgrade from WinME to XP Home. I chose a
full installation, and convert the FAT32 to NTFS. Now I'm
stuck in a loop, with XP trying to convert, rebooting, then
trying to convert from FAT32 to NTFS again.

Of course, the installation deleted my prior Windows ME,
and I no longer have that installation CD. How can I
convert to NTFS? For that matter, how can I break out of
this loop? I'd try to reset the option to convert, keep
the FAT32 for now, and finish the XP install, if I knew
how.

Thanks.

Bruce

 

[Gerry]

Try booting XP from the CD itself. YOu will probably have
to change a CMOS setting for it to boot from CD. Before
the computer starts booting, it will usually say press F1
Del, or something like that to get into CMOS. Find the
boot device options and make the CDrom the first boot
device. Place your XP install disc in the drive and
reboot. Follow the onscreen directions. YOu can reformat
your hard drive from the setup routine. Good luck.

 

[Guest]

Gerryu,

Thanks for the reply. Sorry to say this didn't work - when
I booted from the CD, I returned to the same NTFS CONVERT
screen and the process failed earlier than from the HD.

There must be a command in the installation that continues
with this process upon reboot. If I knew how to modify it,
I could skip the NTFS conversion and continue to install.

If I format the drive, I can't use this Upgrade disk, and
must buy a full version for yet another $100 - DOH!

Any other ideas anyone?

Thnx.

Bruce

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

You can install a WinXP upgrade onto a blank hard disk.
If the installation process can find no previous OS then it
will prompt you for the CD for this previous OS.