Problems installing XP

[amg2412]

Hi there,

I am trying to install Xp onto a new HDD (Seagate 60gig).

I boot from the CD-ROM,go through the partition and then install but when my pc reboots there is a message "cannot find OS" and another message "misread on disk" or something like that.
I do not know if I did something wrong or if I am missing something.

Please help!!

Thanks

amg

[Sixpack]

Hello,
Try entering your bios and going to bois features. Then select boot sequence. I Suggest A,C (Or whatever your hard drive letter is) then D ( cd rom). Good luck and hope this helps.

[Cricket]

Go to the Seagate website and download the hard drive diagnostic utilities and test your hard drive out. There might be a problem with it.

Make sure it's jumpered correctly for the type of IDE cable you're using.

Cricket

[reboot]

Disable the Anti-virus thing in BIOS.
With that enabled, Windows setup cannot write the MBR to the hard drive, and will give you one sort of error or another.

[amg2412]

Thanks for the replies I will try try all of the above ang let you know

Thanks

amg

[amg2412]

I am getting an error "A disk read error occurred"
and then Ctrl+Alt+Del To Restart????

[amg2412]

I did the seagate check on the drive and it is working fine.
I have also double checked the cables and jumpersand they are fine.

I did a reinstall on another drive Maxtor 30gig and worked without any problems.Why will it not work on the seagate drive??

[amg2412]

IT WORKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

All I did was delete the partition and start over.


Thanks for all your help!!

amg

[Familyman]

How does one delete the partition?

[glc]

XP setup gives you that option.