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06-14-2003, 11:15 PM
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Trouble installing windows xp
So im trying to install windows xp and I get this error
An internal Setup error has occcurred could not find a place for a swap file setup cannot continue Does anyone know how to resolve this????  
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06-14-2003, 11:34 PM
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Shiro Usagi
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What are your system specs?
How are you installing WinXP...from the CD or are you using a boot/setup floppy? How big is the partition you're trying to install WinXP to? What have you tried to resolve this issue?  Cricket
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06-14-2003, 11:42 PM
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Hi Cricket,
I have tried booting from CD first and nothing at all happens. I have a 80gig WD hdd that I think I formatted using a WinXp custom install boot disk that I downloaded of the internet. When I fdisked I only chose a single partion. I have downloaded the 6 disk boot up disks but did not try them yet. My comp is: asus board a7v8x-x athlon 2000 1.67 80gig WD 256 mg pc2700 soundblaster 5.1 64mb nvidia agp dvd cdrw floppy |
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06-14-2003, 11:53 PM
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Shiro Usagi
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Is the hard drive jumpered properly? If you're using a 80 wire UltraATA IDE cable, the drive should be jumpered to CS or CSel (cable select). Blue connector to motherboard, black to hard drive and grey slave. Check here for jumper settings.
Have you gotten the one good BIOS beep from the system yet? Are you sure the DVD or CD-RW (whichever you're trying to install WinXP from) works? I would put the hard drive as master on the primary IDE channel and the DVD as master on the secondary IDE channel (with no other drives) and try to boot from the CD-ROM again. Cricket
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06-15-2003, 12:00 AM
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Hey Cricket
Ive checked and I do get one good bios beep. My hdd is primary master and dvd secondary master everything is ligthing up correctly and all wires look correctly placed. I am going to double check my jumper settings on the hdd but bios is reading it and does detect it so im assuming thats a good sign. gigabella |
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06-15-2003, 12:03 AM
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I looked and I have my hdd jumpered at single (standard installation) which means no jumper should I have it on cable select??
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06-15-2003, 12:11 AM
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Shiro Usagi
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Yes, jumper the hard drive to cable select.
Cricket
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06-15-2003, 12:33 AM
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yep i have hdd on cbl select now and even when trying to boot from cd I cannot even with my windows me disk
drive is partitioned as well I double checked that. when I try to boot from cd I get the message that no operating system is found duh lol and then it just stays like that until i reboot |
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06-15-2003, 12:46 AM
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Shiro Usagi
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Are you using a genuine Microsoft Windows XP OS installation CD?
How are you trying to boot from the CD? Is the CD-ROM selected as the first boot device in BIOS? Cricket
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06-15-2003, 12:49 AM
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yes and yes
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06-15-2003, 12:53 AM
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Shiro Usagi
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How did you partition the hard drive?
What file system was it formatted as? Are you sure the system is trying to boot from the CD-ROM drive (DVD) and not the hard drive? Is the DVD jumpered properly for the type of IDE cable you're using? 80 wire UltraATA would use CS and 40 wire ATA would use master. Are the drives recognized by the BIOS? Cricket
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06-15-2003, 02:48 AM
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which o/s are you trying to install
xp-home xp-pro retail xp-pro corp |
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06-15-2003, 02:53 AM
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I doesnt matter anymore I fixed the problem ..... and since you already presume Im using an illegal copy of Wndows XP Pro without a Key I guess we should close this thread
Gigabella 
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06-15-2003, 02:59 AM
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06-15-2003, 03:19 AM
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Its win xp pro
and now i have another problem I think I may have formatted my hdd wrong because when I start windows it asks me if i want to start windows xp or from a previously installed system on my hdd It was a brand new drive so how can there be something previously installed This stuff is way too confusing to for me 
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06-15-2003, 03:22 AM
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it will ask that as a default question
just select xp |
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06-15-2003, 03:26 AM
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I do choose that but can I bypass this, I never had to do this in the past with previous o/s
Is this normal It also gives me a countdown of 30seconds
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06-15-2003, 03:30 AM
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sounds like you got a dual boot menue
just hit the xp selection and see if it is ok boots up good |
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06-15-2003, 03:31 AM
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yep it boots up just fine but it does it everytime I reboot or turn of the computer its annoying can i turn it off
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06-15-2003, 03:36 AM
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not really, what happened is if you never had a o/s on that drive before, you had started a xp install and not finished it, then did a second one.
yes it can be removed by editing the bootinf file I cannot tell you how to do that this late at night, not thinking clearly enough and don't want you to mess it up. you can get help on that later ok |
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06-15-2003, 03:41 AM
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right click my comp go to properties advanced start up and recover settings edit and remove one ofe the op systoms
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06-15-2003, 03:51 AM
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Thanks guys for all your help it worked
Sorry If i was a pain just a little tired its 5AM hear on the east coast. I am so going to bed Ill be back tomorrow with any issues lol 
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