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10-08-2005, 03:21 PM
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Chop Chop
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XP Won't Install!
I have had Linux installed for a while and now I won't to setup a dual boot. I formatted the HD (uninstalling Linux) I want to use to FAT and put in my XP upgrade disc. I formatted again to NTFS and after it copied all the files and rebooted it says "Error loading operating system." If I boot to the CD, I just go through the same process again, if I boot to the hard drive, it gives me that error. What is going wrong?!
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10-08-2005, 04:38 PM
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Did you do a full format of the entire drive? If so there wasn't anything there to upgrade. Reinstall the older version of windows, then use the upgrade disk to upgrade it to XP.
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10-08-2005, 05:01 PM
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Chop Chop
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It tells me to insert the old version's disk and then it installs. In the manual it says you can install without an operating system and I have read that too. I will give that a shot though.
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10-08-2005, 08:27 PM
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Chop Chop
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Great. I can't even install 98. It detects an error with the HD after I spend an hour formatting it (FAT32). Now when I try to install XP and boot, the error is "Missing operating system." What is going on?! How do I fix this?
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10-09-2005, 05:42 AM
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Clean out your MBR, the linux boot loader is probably still residing in the mbr, formatting doesn't clean out this file, a later version of FDisk should clean it out, use the cmmand fdisk/mbr.
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10-09-2005, 02:40 PM
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I'd zero fill the hard drive. Most hard drive manufacturer's diagnostic or installation utilities have a zero fill option, or you could use Darik's Boot & Nuke.
http://dban.sourceforge.net/ It's also on the Ultimate Boot CD. A basic single pass should be fine, no need for DOD-strength zeroing, that takes forever. |
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10-09-2005, 02:46 PM
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Chop Chop
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So I just download that, put it on a floppy, boot to it, zero fill the HD and I'm done?
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10-09-2005, 05:24 PM
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Chop Chop
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Well, DBAN worked nicely and I am posting from Windows now. Thanks a lot for that program glc!
Thanks everybody! |
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