new comp, cant install windows xp

[dergeneral]

got the last components today, put it together, booted right up, put windows xp disk in cd rom...DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER...crap...if you have any ideas im all ears, ill be back tomorrow to see what you have to say thanks

 

[Grenage]

You have the boot order set correctly in the BIOS?

 

[BadBigBen]

Hola,

go to the BIOS Setup like Grenage said and set your Boot priorities to include the CD-ROM... then F10 (save and quit) and retry...

Ben

PS do let us know if you have solved your dilema...

 

[x3mtech]

BadBigBen is correct. you should check the bios for the boot sequence. your first boot device should be your cd-rom.

plus, make sure that your windows xp cd is bootable. (just in case it is pirated or somethin) hehe..

 

[ceh4702]

I like the boot order to be:

1-Floppy
2-CDROM
3-HARD DRIVE

On bootup you should see something like press any key to boot from CD:

If you put the floppy first you can put in a Win98 boot disk and see if you can see all the drives, run fdisk, etc. This will let you know everthing is working.

For XP you dont really need a boot disk, because the CD should be bootable, and have the FDISK in the install.

If you do not like my post feel free to point out your opinion or my errors.

 

[KarlC]

Tis always good to see if there is a BIOS update first me thinks.

 

[Eskimo7]

If you still have problems after making CD-Rom bootable, use a windows 98 set-up disk to install system files, i have found a few machines don't like XP unless you have system files loaded first. If you want you can get WinXP boot disks from

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q310994