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im in a horrible situation for installing windows 2003 on my windows 200 machine...

1) bios doesnt find any boot record from the cd. WHY????

2) installing win2k3 from a windows machine puts temporary setup files on the hard drive, making it impossible to reformat and clean install on reboot.

i been trying everything for the past 8 hours an always end up at the same two problems, a solution please GOD


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Quick diagnostic summary for (and follow-up to /): the two symptoms — "BIOS reports no boot record on the CD" and "setup copies temp files to the HDD when launched from Windows, preventing a clean format" — point to two separate causes. The first is almost always a non-bootable CD or BIOS/drive detection issue. The second is normal behavior when running Setup from inside Windows; a true clean-install requires booting the machine from a bootable CD (or wiping the disk first).

Practical checks (fast, in order):

  • Verify BIOS boot order and use the boot-device menu (often F12) to force CD boot.
  • Try the same Server 2003 CD in another PC to confirm it is bootable. If that machine also fails, reburn the ISO using “burn image” (not file copy) at a slow speed or use different media.
  • If the BIOS detects the drive but won't boot from the disc, inspect media for scratches and confirm the CD is an original or a properly made bootable image.
  • If the BIOS does not list the optical drive at all, check IDE/SATA cables and master/slave jumpers (or drive power).

Clean-install tips and common gotchas:

  • Boot from the CD (press any key when prompted). At text-mode setup, press F6 to load third-party SCSI/RAID drivers from a floppy if the installer shows “no drives found.” If no floppy is available, set the SATA controller to IDE/Compatibility mode in BIOS or create a slipstreamed CD with the controller driver.
  • Delete partitions and format to NTFS from the text-mode setup to get a true wipe. Back up any data first — these steps destroy all data.

Recovery console commands (if repairing MBR/boot):

fixmbr
fixboot
chkdsk /r

Caution: always back up important files before repartitioning. If the CD still won’t boot after these checks, try a different burner or obtain another original Server 2003 disc.

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[post=6518]click here[/post]

double post/ wrong forum you might want to delete it from here just a suggestion though Im not a moderator

I hope I did that right or else Im gonna get in trouble

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Big B, you did good :) Locking this thread. Everyone can reply to the link Big B posted.

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