well if you linx and win2k and you just want xp I would format the whole disk and just install xp as usual.
well if you linx and win2k and you just want xp I would format the whole disk and just install xp as usual.
Well, I tried that... that's my problem ->
"Now I'd like get winxp pro running on my machine... so go through setup & the machine reboots... when it restarts after the initial setup, it just quits. It tells me "press a key to boot from cd rom". If I just let it go, grub eventually comes up but does nothing. I've tried booting into recovery mode & using fixmbr with no success." I can't get xp to install... goes through the usual set up, then when it reboots, it won't continue the install. It looks for grub (and I've used fixmbr in repair mode on it successfully before, else I couldn't have installed win2k). It just doesn't make any sense.
If you ran the XP setup from the disk and CHOSE to format the entire disk, it should have overwritten the bootloader. That is if you formatted all the partitions on the drive.Originally Posted by toffer
Make sure you have formatted them all, and then try the Xp installation again,
Using the procedure below:
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase...p_sg_clean.asp
Also, if the XP setup sees any partitions, delete and recreate them. Then format your drive.
Yes, I know all this & that's what I did, thinking that would fix it. Still no luck. Maybe part of the problem is this...
I admittedly have a pretty limited understanding of how bootloaders work, so bare with me here. I have 2 seperate hard drives. One is booting win2k, the other is storage. My intention was to install xp on the hd I was using for storage. That way I could still boot up my pc in the event that xp didn't install correctly. My guess is that when the boot screen comes up, it's looking for the boot sector on the "storage" hard drive & there is none (does that make sense?) I am reformatting the drive & making sure any previous partitions are erased. I tried the fixmbr thing in xp recovery mode & nothing seemed to happen.
The fixmbr will only work if XP is installed on the drive. If it is not installed, then it won't work I believe.
I would totally start over, with a clean install of windows 2K, wiping the entire hard disk (that should get rid of the grub loader), and then install XP on the second hard disk. That should then make XP's boot loader the default and 2K an option on the Xp boot loader menu.
I believe there is a way to actually "read" the MBR but it's done using a Live Linux cd...I'll have to look around, but I'm thinking that it's on Knoppix or maybe Whoppix.
Anyone else know?
Anyways, it isn't an easy task by any means. The FIXMBR should fix the problem and let you back to your data unless the drive has just died altogether.
tnx your "fixmbr" helps alot.. it works with me.
Glad it helped!Welcome to Techzonez.
yes sir...first timer here at techzonez.. i only search at the net..by the way, do you have a recommended site to download SP2..tnx.
i install the SP2 in my XP Home Edition that i downloaded in internet (i dont remember the site) after installing it, there is a prompt to re-start my computer, then the problem came....good thing there is a site like this.
im george from Philippines.IT here in a small Consultant Company.
Hey George,
From the Philippines eh? Our Admin. Conan is also from the Philippines. You should send him a shout or two. I'm sure he'll be glad to hear from a fellow countryman.
As for the SP2 download:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
Try the Microsoft site. That should give you the installer for SP2 that you can use to install on a computer or over a network.
tnx big booger you help me alot..iI will send Sir Conan a message.
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Glad to have helped. Sorry this reply is a few years late and couple of thousand dollars short in coming.
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