Hello All,
I am upgrading a Compaq Presario 5000us (amd 750mhz, 128mb ram, 30gb hdd).
I booted the xp install disk, ran setup, files were copied to the hdd, then it tries to reboot to continue installation and it just sits there.
I read another thread here in this forum (I think) which said to copy the boot.ini, ntldr and ntdetect.com files from a good system onto a floppy and try to boot the system with problem.
That worked.
I was able to boot the system and complete the installation process, but the system will not boot without the floppy. I even copied the boot.ini, ntldr and ntdetect.com from the floppy to the system disk and it still wont boot the hdd. But as long as I boot with the floppy, it works fine.
Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Mark
I am upgrading a Compaq Presario 5000us (amd 750mhz, 128mb ram, 30gb hdd).
I booted the xp install disk, ran setup, files were copied to the hdd, then it tries to reboot to continue installation and it just sits there.
I read another thread here in this forum (I think) which said to copy the boot.ini, ntldr and ntdetect.com files from a good system onto a floppy and try to boot the system with problem.
That worked.
I was able to boot the system and complete the installation process, but the system will not boot without the floppy. I even copied the boot.ini, ntldr and ntdetect.com from the floppy to the system disk and it still wont boot the hdd. But as long as I boot with the floppy, it works fine.
Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Mark