HI all,
I'm used to doing Win98/ME OS installs. Basically, I boot the computer to DOS, fdisk it, then manually format it. Then I copy the install files from the CD to the hard drive and run the install from the hard drive.
I've long since switched to XP-Pro but every time I've installed it, it automated everything from the CD. There have been times when I've wanted to boot to DOS and do a manual format, but once I boot from the boot disk it does not recognize any of my hard drives (they're NTFS).
I've followed the instructions on Microsoft's website to create a boot disk to recognize an NTFS disk but it doesn't work, and no matter how much I try I can't get it to work.
How can I make a boot disk to recognize my NTFS partition and install the "olf fashioned" way - by copying the i386 folder to the hard drive and running setup from there?
I'm used to doing Win98/ME OS installs. Basically, I boot the computer to DOS, fdisk it, then manually format it. Then I copy the install files from the CD to the hard drive and run the install from the hard drive.
I've long since switched to XP-Pro but every time I've installed it, it automated everything from the CD. There have been times when I've wanted to boot to DOS and do a manual format, but once I boot from the boot disk it does not recognize any of my hard drives (they're NTFS).
I've followed the instructions on Microsoft's website to create a boot disk to recognize an NTFS disk but it doesn't work, and no matter how much I try I can't get it to work.
How can I make a boot disk to recognize my NTFS partition and install the "olf fashioned" way - by copying the i386 folder to the hard drive and running setup from there?