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GemGem

GemGem

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Got me new pc yay at last, i got a damn good base unit for £352 :thumbsup:

so installed my old win 98 on it first everything works fine except it won't support my sound card......fairy nuff! So i gets my xp upgrade disc to install over it and a nice big blue screen comes up after a bit saying summat along the lines of, cannot continue installation drive c: is corrupt, why should it be corrupt????????????????????????
 
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blue jammer

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Format the drive first, then put XP Pro on.

If you change the startup options in BIOS, making the CD-Rom or CD/R DVD/R etc to be first in the list, then stick the XP CD in, it'll just auto detect and install.
 
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blue jammer said:
Format the drive first, then put XP Pro on.

If you change the startup options in BIOS, making the CD-Rom or CD/R DVD/R etc to be first in the list, then stick the XP CD in, it'll just auto detect and install.
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defo....agree with this method :thumbsup:
 
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screwy21

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hello.
what u need to do is....
enter bios by either pressing delete key or f1.
goto advanced settings
change your first boot device to cdrom
exit saving changes to bios
when the pc begins to boot the xp disk itll ask you to press any key to continue setup. do so.
when xp has loaded all its boot drivers and setup files you need to select the option that lets you do a xp install
whenyou select this it willask you if you want to place the install on the currant partition or format and make a clean copy or delete the existing partion and startt afresh, do this by pressing D,
then it will ask you to confirm that you want to delete the partition do so by pressing L
once this is done press enter to install xp
just follow the instructions there on in.
you have any problems just email me.
i am a pc technician so i know my shit.
good luck :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
 
GemGem

GemGem

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SORTED :thumbsup: did it meself coz im clever, was to do with the drive partition grrrrrrrrrrr

Glaz love you can put xp over 98 its an upgrade thats why i bought it :p

so my lovely new pc is all working :thumbsup:
 


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