Want to reinstall windows XP using CD

[Guest Hari]

Hi,

 

Im having lots of issues with my computer and virtually unable to

work.

 

Logging to windows XP (SP2, 1 GB RAM, 80 GB SATA hard disk) takes

atleast 30 minutes and that too after navigating through couple of

errors (blue screen, autochk.exe missing and so on) etc. Im not able

to run any programs after logging on (associations lost).

 

I have copied relevant files (my documents, favourites, personal excel

macros) from C drive to other drives in the same disk and now would

like to reinstall XP in C drive.

 

When I try booting through CD drive, the set-up begins and I get a

message in the bottom saying "press F6 if you need to install any

third-party or RAID drivers." and I do have a RAID driver and also the

floppy disk.

 

But pressing F6 nothing happens..no prompt to insert floppy

disk....rather the message skips to about loading other files etc. If

I continue to ignore this and proceed ahead then after a few minutes

it says "no attached SCSI, CD-rom drives were found" (strange because

the set-up process is happening through CD/DVD ROM

only)...When I ignored the above message it then displays a new

message saying no hard-drives were detected and it will have to quit

set-up.

 

How do I overcome the same? My keyboard is fine (PS2) and I even

bought a new keyboard (PS2)....and still the F6 is not being

recognized

 

I thought if I format C drive only ( and not the other drives) and

again try installing/booting through CD ROM I might not face this

issue...but not sure whether this would work....even if it would how

do I go to command prompt (XP does not offer the command prompt with

F10 and without CD).

 

Please let me know.

 

Thanks,

Hari

[Guest Big_Al]

Re: Want to reinstall windows XP using CD

 

Hari wrote:

> Hi,

>

> Im having lots of issues with my computer and virtually unable to

> work.

>

> Logging to windows XP (SP2, 1 GB RAM, 80 GB SATA hard disk) takes

> atleast 30 minutes and that too after navigating through couple of

> errors (blue screen, autochk.exe missing and so on) etc. Im not able

> to run any programs after logging on (associations lost).

>

> I have copied relevant files (my documents, favourites, personal excel

> macros) from C drive to other drives in the same disk and now would

> like to reinstall XP in C drive.

>

> When I try booting through CD drive, the set-up begins and I get a

> message in the bottom saying "press F6 if you need to install any

> third-party or RAID drivers." and I do have a RAID driver and also the

> floppy disk.

>

> But pressing F6 nothing happens..no prompt to insert floppy

> disk....rather the message skips to about loading other files etc. If

> I continue to ignore this and proceed ahead then after a few minutes

> it says "no attached SCSI, CD-rom drives were found" (strange because

> the set-up process is happening through CD/DVD ROM

> only)...When I ignored the above message it then displays a new

> message saying no hard-drives were detected and it will have to quit

> set-up.

>

> How do I overcome the same? My keyboard is fine (PS2) and I even

> bought a new keyboard (PS2)....and still the F6 is not being

> recognized

>

> I thought if I format C drive only ( and not the other drives) and

> again try installing/booting through CD ROM I might not face this

> issue...but not sure whether this would work....even if it would how

> do I go to command prompt (XP does not offer the command prompt with

> F10 and without CD).

>

> Please let me know.

>

> Thanks,

> Hari

 

All I can tell you is that once you solve the CD / HD recognition issue,

you can simply delete a partition (C: Drive in your case) and remake it

and format it, all with that CD, you don't have to do this outside the

installation. You might try putting the Floppy in the drive before you

hit F6 and also wait about 10 seconds after inserting the floppy.

[Guest Nepatsfan]

Re: Want to reinstall windows XP using CD

 

"Hari" <excel_hari@yahoo.com> wrote in message

news:c0014250-ee4b-4452-8933-87ca4a85d511@x16g2000prn.googlegroups.com...

> Hi,

>

> Im having lots of issues with my computer and virtually unable to

> work.

>

> Logging to windows XP (SP2, 1 GB RAM, 80 GB SATA hard disk) takes

> atleast 30 minutes and that too after navigating through couple of

> errors (blue screen, autochk.exe missing and so on) etc. Im not able

> to run any programs after logging on (associations lost).

>

> I have copied relevant files (my documents, favourites, personal excel

> macros) from C drive to other drives in the same disk and now would

> like to reinstall XP in C drive.

>

> When I try booting through CD drive, the set-up begins and I get a

> message in the bottom saying "press F6 if you need to install any

> third-party or RAID drivers." and I do have a RAID driver and also the

> floppy disk.

>

> But pressing F6 nothing happens..no prompt to insert floppy

> disk....rather the message skips to about loading other files etc. If

> I continue to ignore this and proceed ahead then after a few minutes

> it says "no attached SCSI, CD-rom drives were found" (strange because

> the set-up process is happening through CD/DVD ROM

> only)...When I ignored the above message it then displays a new

> message saying no hard-drives were detected and it will have to quit

> set-up.

>

> How do I overcome the same? My keyboard is fine (PS2) and I even

> bought a new keyboard (PS2)....and still the F6 is not being

> recognized

>

> I thought if I format C drive only ( and not the other drives) and

> again try installing/booting through CD ROM I might not face this

> issue...but not sure whether this would work....even if it would how

> do I go to command prompt (XP does not offer the command prompt with

> F10 and without CD).

>

> Please let me know.

>

> Thanks,

> Hari

 

 

Where did you get the driver? They're usually available from the computer or

motherboard manufacturer's web site. The ones I've seen are an .exe file

that you need to run so that they can create a floppy disk with the drivers

for your motherboard's SATA controller. After the installation starts you

put the disk in the drive so it's available when you hit the F6 key.

 

If you're not sure what to do, post back with information about your

computer. Include the make and model # of the computer or motherboard.

 

Note: Copying your important files to another partition on the drive where

you're trying to install XP is not an effective way to back them up. They

should be copied to CD/DVDs or an external hard drive. What you've done is

risk losing them should something go wrong with the installation.

 

Good luck

 

Nepatsfan

[Guest Ronaldo]

Re: Want to reinstall windows XP using CD

 

You could try to rescue your system before you try the clean installation of

WXP. The symptoms you describe are typical of a system clogged with startup

programs and spyware infections. You can disable startup programs in

Start\Run\type; "msconfig" (w/o quotes) hit Enter and go to the Startup tab

and uncheck all programs except for the antivirus (which is usually on top

of the list) and any windows process like ctfmon of Office. If you have more

than a few startup programs you should notice your system liven-up... next

install security applications and delete possible infections. Also use

CCleaner to delete Cookies, Internet Temporary Files and User&System

Temporary Files.

 

Try Malwarebytes Anti-Malware and Super antispyware to clean your system

from spyware and trojans.

http://www.majorgeeks.com/Malwarebytes_Anti-Malware_d5756.html

 

Super Antispyware

http://www.majorgeeks.com/SUPERAntiSpyware_d5116.html

 

CCleaner Portable version, same program but no istallation is required

http://www.majorgeeks.com/CCleaner_Portable_d5735.html

 

 

If you still need to procede and clean install the System, check this

installation Tutorial

http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sg_clean.asp

 

Or this one for larger images

http://www.blackviper.com/Articles/OS/InstallXPPro/installxppro1.htm

 

 

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"Hari" <excel_hari@yahoo.com> escribió en el mensaje

news:c0014250-ee4b-4452-8933-87ca4a85d511@x16g2000prn.googlegroups.com...

> Hi,

>

> Im having lots of issues with my computer and virtually unable to

> work.

>

> Logging to windows XP (SP2, 1 GB RAM, 80 GB SATA hard disk) takes

> atleast 30 minutes and that too after navigating through couple of

> errors (blue screen, autochk.exe missing and so on) etc. Im not able

> to run any programs after logging on (associations lost).

>

> I have copied relevant files (my documents, favourites, personal excel

> macros) from C drive to other drives in the same disk and now would

> like to reinstall XP in C drive.

>

> When I try booting through CD drive, the set-up begins and I get a

> message in the bottom saying "press F6 if you need to install any

> third-party or RAID drivers." and I do have a RAID driver and also the

> floppy disk.

>

> But pressing F6 nothing happens..no prompt to insert floppy

> disk....rather the message skips to about loading other files etc. If

> I continue to ignore this and proceed ahead then after a few minutes

> it says "no attached SCSI, CD-rom drives were found" (strange because

> the set-up process is happening through CD/DVD ROM

> only)...When I ignored the above message it then displays a new

> message saying no hard-drives were detected and it will have to quit

> set-up.

>

> How do I overcome the same? My keyboard is fine (PS2) and I even

> bought a new keyboard (PS2)....and still the F6 is not being

> recognized

>

> I thought if I format C drive only ( and not the other drives) and

> again try installing/booting through CD ROM I might not face this

> issue...but not sure whether this would work....even if it would how

> do I go to command prompt (XP does not offer the command prompt with

> F10 and without CD).

>

> Please let me know.

>

> Thanks,

> Hari

[Guest Patrick Keenan]

Re: Want to reinstall windows XP using CD

 

"Hari" <excel_hari@yahoo.com> wrote in message

news:c0014250-ee4b-4452-8933-87ca4a85d511@x16g2000prn.googlegroups.com...

> Hi,

>

> Im having lots of issues with my computer and virtually unable to

> work.

>

> Logging to windows XP (SP2, 1 GB RAM, 80 GB SATA hard disk) takes

> atleast 30 minutes and that too after navigating through couple of

> errors (blue screen, autochk.exe missing and so on) etc. Im not able

> to run any programs after logging on (associations lost).

>

> I have copied relevant files (my documents, favourites, personal excel

> macros) from C drive to other drives in the same disk and now would

> like to reinstall XP in C drive.

>

> When I try booting through CD drive, the set-up begins and I get a

> message in the bottom saying "press F6 if you need to install any

> third-party or RAID drivers." and I do have a RAID driver and also the

> floppy disk.

 

Did you actually use RAID? If so, how?

>

> But pressing F6 nothing happens..no prompt to insert floppy

> disk....rather the message skips to about loading other files etc. If

> I continue to ignore this and proceed ahead then after a few minutes

> it says "no attached SCSI, CD-rom drives were found" (strange because

> the set-up process is happening through CD/DVD ROM

> only)...When I ignored the above message it then displays a new

> message saying no hard-drives were detected and it will have to quit

> set-up.

 

You need to check the motherboard manual. You may need to run off AHCI

support and turn on legacy mode.

 

>

> How do I overcome the same? My keyboard is fine (PS2) and I even

> bought a new keyboard (PS2)....and still the F6 is not being

> recognized

>

> I thought if I format C drive only ( and not the other drives) and

> again try installing/booting through CD ROM I might not face this

> issue...but not sure whether this would work....even if it would how

> do I go to command prompt (XP does not offer the command prompt with

> F10 and without CD).

>

> Please let me know.

>

> Thanks,

 

I would suggest that you stop here. The first thing you need to do is get

your data off that one physical disk onto non-RAID drives. One of the

causes for system slowness is drive failure, and this failure can cause you

to lose access to ALL partitions on that physical disk.

 

Some motherboards don't require SATA drivers but *do* require a BIOS

setting if SATA and PATA drives are used, and some (this one, for example)

won't accept the SATA drivers during setup but the BIOS can be set to

non-AHCI mode during install. The drive will be recognised, install

proceeds, the driver is installed later and the BIOS reset to AHCI.

 

Go get another large hard disk - where I am, 500 gig drives are now around

$70. Set yours aside to protect the data, install to the new one and make

it work. Once it's up and running, re-attach the old drive and copy the

data back.

 

And don't back up to the same disk! This is just asking for trouble. You

should be backing up data to several physically different media sets, such

as DVDs, some of which are stored offsite.

 

HTH

-pk

[Guest Twayne]

Re: Want to reinstall windows XP using CD

 

> Hi,

>

> Im having lots of issues with my computer and virtually unable to

> work.

>

> Logging to windows XP (SP2, 1 GB RAM, 80 GB SATA hard disk) takes

> atleast 30 minutes and that too after navigating through couple of

> errors (blue screen, autochk.exe missing and so on) etc. Im not able

> to run any programs after logging on (associations lost).

>

> I have copied relevant files (my documents, favourites, personal excel

> macros) from C drive to other drives in the same disk and now would

> like to reinstall XP in C drive.

>

> When I try booting through CD drive, the set-up begins and I get a

> message in the bottom saying "press F6 if you need to install any

> third-party or RAID drivers." and I do have a RAID driver and also the

> floppy disk.

>

> But pressing F6 nothing happens..no prompt to insert floppy

> disk....rather the message skips to about loading other files etc. If

> I continue to ignore this and proceed ahead then after a few minutes

> it says "no attached SCSI, CD-rom drives were found" (strange because

> the set-up process is happening through CD/DVD ROM

> only)...When I ignored the above message it then displays a new

> message saying no hard-drives were detected and it will have to quit

> set-up.

>

> How do I overcome the same? My keyboard is fine (PS2) and I even

> bought a new keyboard (PS2)....and still the F6 is not being

> recognized

>

> I thought if I format C drive only ( and not the other drives) and

> again try installing/booting through CD ROM I might not face this

> issue...but not sure whether this would work....even if it would how

> do I go to command prompt (XP does not offer the command prompt with

> F10 and without CD).

>

> Please let me know.

>

> Thanks,

> Hari

 

Here's a good article on how to do a clean install:

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

 

HTH