ohGrFreak
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When I insert any XP disc into my cd drive to install on a freshly formatted hdd (formatted externally on a second PC, then installed on the new PC), I get a boot failure about 20 minutes later, it just sits at the "boot from cd:_" prompt before I get the error. But if I insert a 2000 cd, it boots fine, but alas, it asks for a sp4 disc which I don't have and the installation of 2000 fails. I would love to install xp, which seems next to impossible right now.
The boot sequence is first priority cdrom and I unchecked the hdd altogether. I have both the hdd and the cd (actually a lite on dvd burner) on the same IDE channel, but both on cable select, could that be causing the problem?
Thanks guys
The boot sequence is first priority cdrom and I unchecked the hdd altogether. I have both the hdd and the cd (actually a lite on dvd burner) on the same IDE channel, but both on cable select, could that be causing the problem?
Thanks guys