Ninjers Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 Im trying to get off linux, so I want to get back on XP.I have installed XP on this machine several times, but something new is happening. I put in the disc as usual, press any key blah blah...Then it does the normal Inspecting your computer's hardware, but then the text dissapears and leaves me at the screen. It doesn't do anything after that. Is this a problem with the discs or my computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan2273 Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 I had a similar problem on a friends computer and could only solve it by using a W98 disk and formatting the drive, and then XP installed with no problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 I agree that all traces of previous operating systems should be removed from a drive by a full format before installing Windows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjers Posted August 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 I agree that all traces of previous operating systems should be removed from a drive by a full format before installing Windows.How would I do this on Fedora Core? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted August 2, 2006 Report Share Posted August 2, 2006 Do you have a floppy drive? If so, follow Alan2273's suggestion by making a Win98 startup disk, boot onto it, and format the HD. This will of course only allow FAT32 format, but you can reformat it later with the Win XP disk to NTFS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted August 2, 2006 Report Share Posted August 2, 2006 - - or you could do a low level format (return to "factory condition") using a utility from the drive manufacturer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason.b.c Posted August 2, 2006 Report Share Posted August 2, 2006 and format the HD. This will of course only allow FAT32 format, but you can reformat it later with the Win XP disk to NTFS.So why not just reformat as NTFS to begin with..??I agree that all traces of previous operating systems should be removed from a drive by a full format before installing Windows.Even if you quick format the hard drive there will still be no traces of the old system left behind... The windows installer will just write over the top of it.....- - or you could do a low level format (return to "factory condition") using a utility from the drive manufacturer.Here , You need to get F-Disk.. and put it on a floppy disk and boot from that.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted August 3, 2006 Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 I was talking about a Win98 boot disk, and I don't think this can format an NTFS partition. Or FDISK can...?Anyway, thanks for the link (which also contains a link to download a Win98 boot disk image). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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