Re: New Install XP Home

Posted: 07-18-2003, 07:08 PM

Harry Ohrn

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Following the initial setup, when the computer reboots you must leave the XP
CD in the drive however make sure you don't press a key at this point when
prompted or the CD will boot. Just let the message that says "press any key
to boot CD...." time out - about 5 seconds - and then setup should continue.

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Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell/User]
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"Chris" <helpdeskchris@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I'm having a problem with a new install of XP home
> edition. I have a brand new WD1200bb drive, I put the CD
> in the CDrom and it runs through it's normal install
> process. I select the unformatted partition, create it
> and it formats it and proceeds to install the files. It
> then reboots and comes back up and tries to start the
> installation over again asking me which partition I want
> to install on. If I select the formated partition, it says
> it already contains a OS. I've tried removing the CD after
> the initial install but then it says it doesn't detect a
> boot disk. I've tried the install, and then after the
> reboot selected the formated partition and it did the
> install again and rebooted and it seems like a never
> ending loop. Am I doing something incorrectly?

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Harry Ohrn

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Re: New Install XP Home

Posted: 07-18-2003, 07:10 PM

no. the poster needs to ensure that they don't press a key and allow the
boot sequence to by pass the CD-Rom.

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Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell/User]
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"Chris Lanier" <cal2002a@hotmail.NOSPAM.com> wrote in message
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> you need to set the BIOS to boot from the Hard Drive and
> NOT the cd-rom. That should fix it
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >I'm having a problem with a new install of XP home
> >edition. I have a brand new WD1200bb drive, I put the CD
> >in the CDrom and it runs through it's normal install
> >process. I select the unformatted partition, create it
> >and it formats it and proceeds to install the files. It
> >then reboots and comes back up and tries to start the
> >installation over again asking me which partition I want
> >to install on. If I select the formated partition, it
> says
> >it already contains a OS. I've tried removing the CD
> after
> >the initial install but then it says it doesn't detect a
> >boot disk. I've tried the install, and then after the
> >reboot selected the formated partition and it did the
> >install again and rebooted and it seems like a never
> >ending loop. Am I doing something incorrectly?
> >.
> >

Nuthetes

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New install XP Home

Posted: 12-15-2003, 07:24 PM

Help, New install XP Home formats partition etc. but at
the 1st reboot it just goes to device list screen
with "Press any key to boot from CD...." when I press a
key it starts to install from scratch again, I cant even
get at the product ID to get free support

Carey Frisch [MVP]

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Re: New install XP Home

Posted: 12-15-2003, 07:33 PM

After XP reboots, do not hit "any key" again. Setup will boot
from the CD automatically and continue with the installation.

Clean Install Windows XP
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

[Courtesy of Michael Stevens, MS-MVP]

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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"Nuthetes" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message:
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| Help, New install XP Home formats partition etc. but at
| the 1st reboot it just goes to device list screen
| with "Press any key to boot from CD...." when I press a
| key it starts to install from scratch again, I cant even
| get at the product ID to get free support

Kevin

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Re: New install XP Home

Posted: 12-15-2003, 07:39 PM

Just guessing, but have you unplugged everything from your system before
starting the installation? Just keep the mouse, keyboard, speakers and
monitor plugged in. Unplug everything else. Just guessing at this, but
something might be mucking up the install from the hardware side.

"Nuthetes" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Help, New install XP Home formats partition etc. but at
> the 1st reboot it just goes to device list screen
> with "Press any key to boot from CD...." when I press a
> key it starts to install from scratch again, I cant even
> get at the product ID to get free support

Patrick Keenan

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Re: New install XP Home

Posted: 12-15-2003, 07:46 PM

"Nuthetes" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Help, New install XP Home formats partition etc. but at
> the 1st reboot it just goes to device list screen
> with "Press any key to boot from CD...." when I press a
> key it starts to install from scratch again, I cant even
> get at the product ID to get free support

Yes, that's as designed. You should not boot from the CD at this point.
Wait the few seconds, or remvoe the CD prior to the reboot; most of the
files are already copied.

-pk

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Re: New install XP Home

Posted: 12-15-2003, 08:00 PM

>-----Original Message-----
>"Nuthetes" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in

message

>news:00fc01c3c341$1d441ec0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>> Help, New install XP Home formats partition etc. but at
>> the 1st reboot it just goes to device list screen
>> with "Press any key to boot from CD...." when I press a
>> key it starts to install from scratch again, I cant even
>> get at the product ID to get free support
>
>Yes, that's as designed. You should not boot from the

CD at this point.

>Wait the few seconds, or remvoe the CD prior to the

reboot; most of the

>files are already copied.
>
>-pk
>
>
>.
>No nothing happening at all, waited 30 minutes

Patrick Keenan

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Re: New install XP Home

Posted: 12-16-2003, 06:22 PM

<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >"Nuthetes" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message
> >news:00fc01c3c341$1d441ec0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> >> Help, New install XP Home formats partition etc. but at
> >> the 1st reboot it just goes to device list screen
> >> with "Press any key to boot from CD...." when I press a
> >> key it starts to install from scratch again, I cant even
> >> get at the product ID to get free support
> >
> >Yes, that's as designed. You should not boot from the
> CD at this point.
> >Wait the few seconds, or remvoe the CD prior to the
> reboot; most of the
> >files are already copied.
> >
> >-pk
> >
> >
> >.
> >No nothing happening at all, waited 30 minutes

You shouldn't have to wait more than a minute. Are you sure your system is
compatible?

Be sure that the system is set to boot from the hard disk at some point. It
is usually easy to turn this off in the BIOS.

Another approach is to boot with a w98 floppy or to the repair console from
the CD, and copy the \i386 folder from the CD to the hard disk. Then, boot
with a floppy - as long as the hard disk is FAT or FAT32 - and go to the
\i386 folder and run winnt.exe. remvoe the CD so it won't try to boot from
it.

HTH
-pk

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