Windows XP Installation

[Guest]

My computer just recently crashed and I lost everything on my hard drive. I believe their was a problem with my Registry. So I am trying to re-install XP on my hard drive, however setup cant seem to create a new partition on my hard disk. Everything loads but it cant seem to access my hard drive to complete the operation. Any help or insight into this situation I can receive would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

The Windows XP CD is bootable and contains all the tools necessary
to partition and format your drive. Follow this procedure and allow
Windows XP to partition and format your drive:

NOTE: It would be best to physically disconnect all your peripheral hardware
devices, except the monitor, mouse and keyboard, before installing XP.

NOTE: If you have an internal Zip Drive installed, physically disconnect the
EIDE and power cable to it before proceeding, otherwise your main
hard drive may not be assigned the customary C: drive letter.
After installing Windows XP, you may then reconnect it.

1. Open your BIOS and set your "CD Drive as the first bootable device".

===> Accessing Motherboard BIOS
===> http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/bios_manufacturer.htm

2. Insert your Windows XP CD in the CD Drive and reboot your computer.
3. You'll see a message to boot to the CD....follow the instructions.
4. The setup menu will appear and you should elect to delete all the existing
Windows partitions, then create a new partition, then format the primary
partition (preferably NTFS) and proceed to install Windows XP.

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

[Courtesy of Michael Stevens, MS-MVP]

6. ==> Immediately after installing Windows XP, turn on XP's Firewall.
==> http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

7. After Windows XP is installed, visit the Windows Update website
and download the available "Critical Updates".

8. After installing the critical updates, be sure and visit the support website
of the manufacturer of the computer to download and install any
available Windows XP compatible drivers, such as video adapter
and audio drivers.

9. If you happen to run into any installation difficulties, use the following resources:

How to Troubleshoot Windows XP Problems During Installation
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;310064

Troubleshooting Windows XP Setup
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_setup.htm

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Kelly Theriot]

Note: If unable to reactivate Windows XP via the internet,
select the "activate by phone" option.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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| My computer just recently crashed and I lost everything on my hard drive. I believe their was a problem with
my Registry. So I am trying to re-install XP on my hard drive, however setup cant seem to create a new
partition on my hard disk. Everything loads but it cant seem to access my hard drive to complete the
operation. Any help or insight into this situation I can receive would be greatly appreciated.

 

[CS]

My computer just recently crashed and I lost everything on my hard drive. I believe their was a problem with my Registry. So I am trying to re-install XP on my hard drive, however setup cant seem to create a new partition on my hard disk. Everything loads but it cant seem to access my hard drive to complete the operation. Any help or insight into this situation I can receive would be greatly appreciated.

If you have a retail or OEM CD (not a restore CD) direct the
installation program to remove the old partition(s) and create new
ones. Then use the format option. If you can not do either during
the install and can not access the hard drive, it may be that your
hard drive has failed. In that case, you will need to install a new
hard drive before re-installing XP.

 

[Alex Nichol]

My computer just recently crashed and I lost everything on my hard drive. I believe their was a problem with my Registry. So I am trying to re-install XP on my hard drive, however setup cant seem to create a new partition on my hard disk.

Check the method used: You set BIOS setup to boot CD before hard disk,
then boot the XP CD direct. Enter Setup, and after the license
agreement take New Install. When it asks you to confirm where, hit ESC;
select and delete the current partition and make a new RAW one to be
formatted at the next stage

The important point is the delete. Without that it will just go ahead
and make a new install over the top of the old one