Hello all...pretty nre to this game but I'm in need of assistance. I decided (maybe unwisely) to build my own PC. I have the following - Asrock m/board/XP 2000 processor/256 DDR 400/Geforce graphics/cdrom/40 gb harddrive.
Just a bare system for me to build on really....
Anyway, I have both 98 and XP pro yet I can't get any operating system to work. When I put everything together it ran post as it should I think and I put in my 98 startup disk. Everything seemed to be ok until I ran SETUP to actually install via Cdrom. Basically the PC crashed. I downloaded startup floppys for XP pro from microsoft and after it had run through all the floppys it asked for the Cd and after I put it in it crashed once more. I tried 98 again and I got a bit further - but as it went into the setup screen for 98 I got a general error (can't remember exactly what it said). I'm at the end of my tether! It's as if as soon as it wants to install something or save something it gives up and crashes. Why oh why oh why? Any help would be greatfully accepted!!
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Jump to Posttry a different cdrom
Jump to PostYour problem looks complicated.But,I think,you should first manually copy and paste all the winxp or win98files from your cdrom to a selected drive in your hard disk.Generally,people selects the other drive than the main drive like c so that if you need to get rid of viruses or reinstal,you can …
Jump to Postfrom your cdrom to a selected drive in your hard disk.Generally,people selects the other drive than the main drive like c so that if you need to get rid of viruses or reinstal
WHAT ???
Jump to Post"from your cdrom to a selected drive in your hard disk.Generally,people selects the other drive than the main drive like c so that if you need to get rid of viruses or reinstal"
I don't know why are you mad at me,maybe because of the spellings :sad: sorry :-|
Yeah …
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