I just but a new hardrive and im pretty sure i put it in right and when i go to install xp it dosent load up right away so then i boot it from cd and it goes through all the beginning setup and then when all that is done it comes to a screen where it says "PRESS ENTER to install windows XP, PRESS R to repair XP and PRESS F3 to exit setup and i go to press enter and it dosent work and then i look and my keyboard isnt on. The xp disc im using is a dell recovery disc but its not the recovery disc for my computer even though my computer is a dell. can someone please help me asap!!!
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i'm guessing it's the whole usb keyboard thing too.. and u can't just "know" that your harddisk is in right and working.. doesn't look like it's a cd problem to me. also, how about try and set up your harddisk before u install windows.. partition it or something.. and ofcourse u need to make sure it's working in the first place.. if it's not detected then it's either you or it's the harddisk.
btw, try to use a bit more punctuation, so people can understand u better.
btw, try to use a bit more punctuation, so people can understand u better.
Shut down the computer, hit F2 as soon as u see dell logo on screen . b very quick as dell logo stay there for 2 seconds // go to drives , use down arrow key .hit enter ..go to primary drive 0 // chk if it is seen there or not //note down the drive name listed // If yes then again shut down restart Hit F12 at dell logo .. using down arrow key to highlight utility partition..go to custom test, hard drive , run test wait for result and lemme know if it passes or fails... note down the return code as well .. waiting
thebaronjocelin
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Hold on a second... is your hard-drive formatted? You have to do that manually before you can install anything.
thebaronjocelin said:
No ways XP isntalls just fine on a unpartitioned disk, there is a section in the setup where u create partitions and format them.
This is either a IDE/SATA controller set to RAID mode or the disk's master/slave jumper is wrong along with a CD drive, or the disk is just plain broken or not plugged in correctly.
I have installed fedora core 7 and it works just fine but I want to now get rid of fedora and put xp back on my computer. I lost my old windows disc so I bought a new one. I set my bios to boot from CD.
When I now start my pc, I first get a message that says:
Press any button to boot from CD
so I press a button and the screen goes blank for about a second before another message appears which says:
Setup is inspecting your computer's hardware configuration.
Then the screen goes blank again and that's how it stays no matter how long I leave it. To make sure it wasn't the disc, I borroed a friend's disc just to check it out but it has the same result.
Any ideas what is happening and how I can fix it?
When I now start my pc, I first get a message that says:
Press any button to boot from CD
so I press a button and the screen goes blank for about a second before another message appears which says:
Setup is inspecting your computer's hardware configuration.
Then the screen goes blank again and that's how it stays no matter how long I leave it. To make sure it wasn't the disc, I borroed a friend's disc just to check it out but it has the same result.
Any ideas what is happening and how I can fix it?
Very strange... maybe a memory problem?
I read elsewhere on a forum that on certain motherboards u need to connect your cd drives on a certain ide controller to make the operate properly, so I'd suggest swapping your hard drive and cd-rom (assuming they are on separate controllers) and see what happens
This might also be a problem with the dell partitioning of the hard drive?
Try disconnecting your drive and start with the XP setup cd until u get the message "no hard drives detected in your system" error, that will rule out ram and cd-rom.
I read elsewhere on a forum that on certain motherboards u need to connect your cd drives on a certain ide controller to make the operate properly, so I'd suggest swapping your hard drive and cd-rom (assuming they are on separate controllers) and see what happens
This might also be a problem with the dell partitioning of the hard drive?
Try disconnecting your drive and start with the XP setup cd until u get the message "no hard drives detected in your system" error, that will rule out ram and cd-rom.
on adell computer if u boot the system from CD using F12, u need to hit the spacebar instantly whn prompted to hit any key to boot from CD. it wld say setup is loading files and then u need to delete all the partitions by hitting 'D' key and then format the drive using NTFS quick, try this
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