hi all, i have an old XP computer that i have tried to reformat but every time it gets past the stage of formatting and reboots it just reboots into the reformatting screen again rather than goin to the xp bit any ideas on what i could do? many thanks Bill
You probably are booting from CD again. As far as i can recall, the process is format - copy setup initialization files to HDD, Reboot. while it's rebooting, remove the CD. Try that... should boot into installation, unless i am wrong here.
It should ask "Press any key to boot from CD..." and if you don't press a key, it'll boot from the HDD.
Generally, it should. HOWEVER, i have seen PC's that don't do that.... they just go and attempt to boot of CD, and if they fail switch to HDD (given that the boot order is that way around).
cheers all its sorted now it was set to boot from cd but the HDD had failed so it was jus circling round and ive stuck in a new HDD and its formatting atm. thanks Bill
Actually, the "Press any key..." prompt comes from the Windows CD, not from the BIOS. Bootfix.bin in the folder I386 if that matters.
Learn something new every day. Must be dodge WinXP CD's (not the real deal) that were used on the PC's that didn't do it then. Because i am SURE i've seen it not do that at times... however, this WAS with different WINXP CD's