Trouble Installing Windows XP Home
Ok.. So I got XP Home in the mail today.
Try and guess. Yea, not working.
I put in the CD, format the drive, copy files, lalala all very fine.
Then it says to restart to do second part of installation.
I do that. Then it says, after posting, "Press enter key to boot from CD.. (a few secs pass) Error Loading Operating System."
Ok, so in that few seconds I press enter, and I end up doing the first part of setup all over again. Wtf???
Why the fuck would it do that? I just spent 20 mins copying files and now THIS?? BTW i've done all sorts of tweaks in the booting order and stuff and it still persists.
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Comp Specs:
AMD Duron 1.4 Ghz
128MB PC2100 Kingston
Cheap Aspire Case (230 Watts)
40 GB WD HDD (5400 RPM, 2 MB cache)
Asus A7V8X-MX
Onboard sound,video, etc..
Lite-on CDROM
No Floppy (who needs?)
I suspect it has something to do with a faulty drive, like it wont accept a NTFS partition (yes, setup only allows NTFS)
And there's something on the issue on Microsoft.com but you know MS... Nothing on how to resolve the issue (Almost like the time when my HP was not accepting a Radeon 7000 PCI card!!)
Nothing on Asus's website.
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