How are you trying to install XP are you booting the CD or trying to install
from win 98 if your computer won't boot from the CD you can also download 6
disks to start XP setup but honestly if you can't boot from the CD I doubt
that your hardware will suport XP in the installation click the option that
you want to chose where XP will be installed and then have the installation
format your drive in NTFS if you only want XP.

One other thing that crosses my mind is maybe your BIOS virus protection is
causing your problems.
Good luck and let us know how everything turns out , if nothing else works
can always try Linux

Paul Ryan

Date:    Tue, 16 Mar 2004 11:17:12 -0500
> From:    Joe Guenther <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: can't install my operating system on my computer
>
> Ok now bear with me because this is kind of a long problem.  I first got
myself
> into a mess when i tried upgrading Windows ME to WinXP.  The upgrade was
> progressing as it should be until it got to a point in the installation to
where
> the computer needed to be restarted.  After i restarted the computer i
could no
> longer get into windows.  I decided to format the hard drive, but at the
time i
> could not figure out how to get a command prompt; i took a hard drive from
an
> old computer that i had to use it to get into
> windows and set the hard drive that was giving me trouble as a slave.  I
> formatted the bad hard drive from dos and then tried to install WinXP
again; the
> same thing happened and i messed up my other hard drive also, so once
again i
> could not get into windows.  I took my hard drive out accedently breaking
the
> IDE cable in the process, and left the original computer hard drive in the
unit.
> When i got a new cable the computer started to boot up, but eventually got
to a
> screen that said "Operating system missing."
> I made boot disks from the Freepctech website and tried to install Win98
on the
> computer but this also did not work.  The process would get to the point
to
> where it says "Windows is now running a check on your system" and it would
> freeze.  Does anyone know how i can get an operating system installed on
this
> computer, I would appreciate any help anyone can give.  Sorry for the long
post
>
>   Thanks,
>     Joe

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