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Booting Problem

Mar 12th, 2007

Hi,
I want to format my harddisc & install Windows XP.
I changed the booting priority to boot from CD first in BIOS setup.
Still I couldn't boot from CD.
My boot priority is like shown below
1st CD/DVD:
2nd IDE-0:WDC WD400BB-OOJHAO
3rd Floppy:1.44MB 3 1/2
4th Disabled

Try other Boot Devices Yes
Please Help.......

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Re: Booting Problem

Mar 13th, 2007

is it a recovery disc or is it a actual XP CD?

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Re: Booting Problem

Mar 15th, 2007

It ia a actual XP cd only

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Re: Booting Problem

Mar 15th, 2007

make the boot sequence Cd then HDD only.

Also go to the HDD manufacture site and get there Util to zero write and then install the XP.

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Re: Booting Problem

Mar 22nd, 2007

Sorry that is not a bootable CD.
Now I got a bootable XP cd from my friend.
The CD drive found a bootable XP cd but now it is opening in DR-DOS prompt.
Its like shown below

[DR-DOS]A:\>

I typed as

G: (my cd drive letter)
cd i386
winnt.exe

But it says

An internal setup error has occured
Could not find a place for a swap file