White_Wolf
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So I finally got that new 250GB hard drive. Now here's the problem:
How do I get Windows XP on it?
Both my new and old drives are ATA100 IDE.
My first attempt was to set the jumpers to master, and hook it up as my master. I figured it'd be as simple as popping in the winXP CD. But when I booted my computer all I got was the error "Operation system not found"
So I used a CD called Ultimate Boot CD, it had been a life saver for me when installing Win98 on somebodies dead system. But I got the same error; it wouldn't recognize the CD-ROM.
It seems that my BIOS recognizes my floppy drive, and both hard drives, but not my CD-ROM. Does this mean I need a BIOS upgrade?
So I installed DOS on it. Now I have a DOS prompt, but DOS won't recognize that I have a CD-ROM
The last, and almost successful thing I done was use an old win98 startup disc that RAMdrive on it. This contained CD-ROM drivers and stuff, and enabled me to access my CD-ROM through a DOS prompt.
But The Ultimate Boot CD (which contains a cool partitioning program) wouldn't start. I couldn't find the magic file to make it load up and do its thing. All I could find was a non-executable AUTORUN "inf" file.
So I decided to use the WinXP CD itself. But when I type in "setup.exe" it tells me it cannot run in DOS mode.
I am at my wits end! Help me!
Another thing. Concerning my drive positions. I want my new 250GB HD to be my Primary Master. But I want to keep the old one hooked up so that I can copy files from it, and maybe even use it as a pagefile, or possibly even install a separate OS on it. So do I make it the Primary Slave, or the Secondary Master?
How do I get Windows XP on it?
Both my new and old drives are ATA100 IDE.
My first attempt was to set the jumpers to master, and hook it up as my master. I figured it'd be as simple as popping in the winXP CD. But when I booted my computer all I got was the error "Operation system not found"
So I used a CD called Ultimate Boot CD, it had been a life saver for me when installing Win98 on somebodies dead system. But I got the same error; it wouldn't recognize the CD-ROM.
It seems that my BIOS recognizes my floppy drive, and both hard drives, but not my CD-ROM. Does this mean I need a BIOS upgrade?
So I installed DOS on it. Now I have a DOS prompt, but DOS won't recognize that I have a CD-ROM
The last, and almost successful thing I done was use an old win98 startup disc that RAMdrive on it. This contained CD-ROM drivers and stuff, and enabled me to access my CD-ROM through a DOS prompt.
But The Ultimate Boot CD (which contains a cool partitioning program) wouldn't start. I couldn't find the magic file to make it load up and do its thing. All I could find was a non-executable AUTORUN "inf" file.
So I decided to use the WinXP CD itself. But when I type in "setup.exe" it tells me it cannot run in DOS mode.
I am at my wits end! Help me!
Another thing. Concerning my drive positions. I want my new 250GB HD to be my Primary Master. But I want to keep the old one hooked up so that I can copy files from it, and maybe even use it as a pagefile, or possibly even install a separate OS on it. So do I make it the Primary Slave, or the Secondary Master?