Installing Win Xp and power outage.

[PC_Penguin]

I don't know if this has happened to any one before but anyways, I was installing win Xp to my new pc and the power went out. I was about 1/4 of the way done installing it when it happened. Now when I turn my pc on it says Error Loading Operating System. I tried microsoft's website and I never got an answer from them I just got some mumbo jumbo that had nothing to do with an answer to my problem. Is there a way to reformat the hardrive from the PC set up menu? I tried to boot from the CD and that didn't work. Oh and by the way my new pc has a 64 bit proccesor does that make a difference? Well any info would be great. Thanks!

 

[derrmc]

I don't know if this has happened to any one before but anyways, I was installing win Xp to my new pc and the power went out. I was about 1/4 of the way done installing it when it happened. Now when I turn my pc on it says Error Loading Operating System. I tried microsoft's website and I never got an answer from them I just got some mumbo jumbo that had nothing to do with an answer to my problem. Is there a way to reformat the hardrive from the PC set up menu? I tried to boot from the CD and that didn't work. Oh and by the way my new pc has a 64 bit proccesor does that make a difference? Well any info would be great. Thanks!

If you can't boot from your cd, and I take it that you did before. that needs to be addressed. so check out your bios first.

 

[PC_Penguin]

No I did not boot from the cd before. This is a new Pc that just came in yesterday. I was installing it for the first time and with a windows xp package I had bought some time ago. Is there a way to re-format the hard drive from the setup menu?

 

[derrmc]

No I did not boot from the cd before. This is a new Pc that just came in yesterday. I was installing it for the first time and with a windows xp package I had bought some time ago. Is there a way to re-format the hard drive from the setup menu?

You cannot format from the bios setup. Set your boot order in bios to cd first. xp will partition and format.

 

[PC_Penguin]

Yes I think I got it. Thanks for your help.