I installed a new hard drive and am now trying to install xp. I goes through the motions until it reboots. Then it starts all over again at the beginning. Does anyone have any ideas what is going on? Thank you :confused:
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Jump to PostI'm not sure if this will help you, but when I was first installing XP I wasn't sure if, after the first reboot, I had to let the computer load up itself or if I should have pressed a button when prompted to "boot from the CD" again as I …
Jump to PostYes, good point, perhaps the hard drive you are using needs to be set as the boot drive in your BIOS. If the system tries booting from another drive it won't find the operating system, and therefore the installation will begin again. To get into your BIOS, you usually have …
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