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Re: Cannot install XP from dos

Posted: 01-12-2009, 03:34 AM
scriceal
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I cannot boot from the HD - it is totally blank. The dos disk boots up from
the CD drive but the XP will not.
"DL" wrote:
> Your PC is not booting from the win cd, its trying to boot from the hd
>
>
> "scriceal" <scriceal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:554A0FCF-5AAE-48E5-BCB7-F9BED819D187@microsoft.com...
> > New hard drive installed and trying to install Windows from dos. Will NOT
> > boot from the XP CD, just get a message saying "operating system not
> > found".
> > I have gone into the bios and put the CD-Rom first, to no avail.
> >
> > I can get as far as the i386 folder, type in winnt.exe and get a message
> > saying 'could not find a space for the swap file". I do not have a floppy
> > drive on this laptop to try booting that way. Is there any way to get XP
> > installed from dos?
>
>
>
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Re: Cannot install XP from dos
Posted: 01-12-2009, 12:08 PM
I believe you might have missed the message "to boot from CD press any key"
during the boot up process
?????

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"scriceal" <scriceal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4A028566-FC55-40FD-915B-E340BE58D1B4@microsoft.com...
> I cannot boot from the HD - it is totally blank. The dos disk boots up
> from
> the CD drive but the XP will not.
> "DL" wrote:
>
>> Your PC is not booting from the win cd, its trying to boot from the hd
>>
>>
>> "scriceal" <scriceal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:554A0FCF-5AAE-48E5-BCB7-F9BED819D187@microsoft.com...
>> > New hard drive installed and trying to install Windows from dos. Will
>> > NOT
>> > boot from the XP CD, just get a message saying "operating system not
>> > found".
>> > I have gone into the bios and put the CD-Rom first, to no avail.
>> >
>> > I can get as far as the i386 folder, type in winnt.exe and get a
>> > message
>> > saying 'could not find a space for the swap file". I do not have a
>> > floppy
>> > drive on this laptop to try booting that way. Is there any way to get
>> > XP
>> > installed from dos?
>>
>>
>>
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scriceal
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Re: Cannot install XP from dos
Posted: 01-12-2009, 02:53 PM
I don't get this message - computer boots to CMOS/BIOS and then blank screen
with flashing cursor

"peter" wrote:
> I believe you might have missed the message "to boot from CD press any key"
> during the boot up process
> ?????
>
> peter
>
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> "scriceal" <scriceal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:4A028566-FC55-40FD-915B-E340BE58D1B4@microsoft.com...
> > I cannot boot from the HD - it is totally blank. The dos disk boots up
> > from
> > the CD drive but the XP will not.
> > "DL" wrote:
> >
> >> Your PC is not booting from the win cd, its trying to boot from the hd
> >>
> >>
> >> "scriceal" <scriceal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:554A0FCF-5AAE-48E5-BCB7-F9BED819D187@microsoft.com...
> >> > New hard drive installed and trying to install Windows from dos. Will
> >> > NOT
> >> > boot from the XP CD, just get a message saying "operating system not
> >> > found".
> >> > I have gone into the bios and put the CD-Rom first, to no avail.
> >> >
> >> > I can get as far as the i386 folder, type in winnt.exe and get a
> >> > message
> >> > saying 'could not find a space for the swap file". I do not have a
> >> > floppy
> >> > drive on this laptop to try booting that way. Is there any way to get
> >> > XP
> >> > installed from dos?
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
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Re: Cannot install XP from dos
Posted: 01-12-2009, 01:24 PM
I know that, if you put your winxpcd in the drive & get this msg it means
your PC is not booting from the winxp cd but trying to boot from a blank hd

"scriceal" <scriceal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4A028566-FC55-40FD-915B-E340BE58D1B4@microsoft.com...
>I cannot boot from the HD - it is totally blank. The dos disk boots up
>from
> the CD drive but the XP will not.
> "DL" wrote:
>
>> Your PC is not booting from the win cd, its trying to boot from the hd
>>
>>
>> "scriceal" <scriceal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:554A0FCF-5AAE-48E5-BCB7-F9BED819D187@microsoft.com...
>> > New hard drive installed and trying to install Windows from dos. Will
>> > NOT
>> > boot from the XP CD, just get a message saying "operating system not
>> > found".
>> > I have gone into the bios and put the CD-Rom first, to no avail.
>> >
>> > I can get as far as the i386 folder, type in winnt.exe and get a
>> > message
>> > saying 'could not find a space for the swap file". I do not have a
>> > floppy
>> > drive on this laptop to try booting that way. Is there any way to get
>> > XP
>> > installed from dos?
>>
>>
>>

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scriceal
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Re: Cannot install XP from dos
Posted: 01-12-2009, 02:52 PM
I can get a utilities disk to boot from the CD drive - any idea why the XP CD
won't boot from the same drive?

"DL" wrote:
> I know that, if you put your winxpcd in the drive & get this msg it means
> your PC is not booting from the winxp cd but trying to boot from a blank hd
>
> "scriceal" <scriceal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:4A028566-FC55-40FD-915B-E340BE58D1B4@microsoft.com...
> >I cannot boot from the HD - it is totally blank. The dos disk boots up
> >from
> > the CD drive but the XP will not.
> > "DL" wrote:
> >
> >> Your PC is not booting from the win cd, its trying to boot from the hd
> >>
> >>
> >> "scriceal" <scriceal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:554A0FCF-5AAE-48E5-BCB7-F9BED819D187@microsoft.com...
> >> > New hard drive installed and trying to install Windows from dos. Will
> >> > NOT
> >> > boot from the XP CD, just get a message saying "operating system not
> >> > found".
> >> > I have gone into the bios and put the CD-Rom first, to no avail.
> >> >
> >> > I can get as far as the i386 folder, type in winnt.exe and get a
> >> > message
> >> > saying 'could not find a space for the swap file". I do not have a
> >> > floppy
> >> > drive on this laptop to try booting that way. Is there any way to get
> >> > XP
> >> > installed from dos?
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>
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Re: Cannot install XP from dos
Posted: 01-12-2009, 08:33 AM
On Sun, 11 Jan 2009 14:26:03 -0800, scriceal
<scriceal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>New hard drive installed and trying to install Windows from dos. Will NOT
>boot from the XP CD, just get a message saying "operating system not found".
>I have gone into the bios and put the CD-Rom first, to no avail.
>
>I can get as far as the i386 folder, type in winnt.exe and get a message
>saying 'could not find a space for the swap file". I do not have a floppy
>drive on this laptop to try booting that way. Is there any way to get XP
>installed from dos?
The way it's designed to work is you create a 500 MB or larger FAT(32)
partition on the hard drive. Then copy the i386 folder to the FAT
partition. Then execute winnt from hard drive copy.
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