Ooops while installing XP the power turned off

[Guest ragesteel]

So guys - I can really use your advice/wisdom

 

I JUST bought a new system and while installing xp - i hit the power

cord..

 

now when i boot up (even with the cd in the drive) it says

error loading operating system

 

how do I "start over" i.e. boot from the cd room and get this to work?

 

Thanks so much and I appreciate any help!

 

 

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ragesteel

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: Ooops while installing XP the power turned off

 

 

"ragesteel" <boilingrich@gmail.com> wrote in message

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>

> So guys - I can really use your advice/wisdom

>

> I JUST bought a new system and while installing xp - i hit the power

> cord..

>

> now when i boot up (even with the cd in the drive) it says

> error loading operating system

>

> how do I "start over" i.e. boot from the cd room and get this to work?

>

> Thanks so much and I appreciate any help!

>

>

> --

> ragesteel

 

You do a standard installation:

1. Get into the BIOS setup.

2. Set the CD drive as the primary boot device.

3. Boot the machine with your WinXP CD.

4. Partition & format the disk when prompted.

[Guest Ken Blake, MVP]

Re: Ooops while installing XP the power turned off

 

On Fri, 16 May 2008 04:27:56 +0000, in

microsoft.public.windowsxp.general ragesteel <boilingrich@gmail.com>

wrote:

>

> So guys - I can really use your advice/wisdom

>

> I JUST bought a new system and while installing xp - i hit the power

> cord..

>

> now when i boot up (even with the cd in the drive) it says

> error loading operating system

>

> how do I "start over" i.e. boot from the cd room and get this to work?

 

 

You change the BIOS boot order to CD first and reinstall normally.

 

Just follow the prompts for a clean installation (delete the existing

partition by pressing "D" when prompted, then create a new one).

 

You can find detailed instructions here:

http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

 

or here

http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org/how_do_i_install_windows_xp.htm

 

or here http://windowsxp.mvps.org/XPClean.htm

 

or here http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm

 

 

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

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[Guest ragesteel]

Re: Ooops while installing XP the power turned off

 

 

thanks ALL!!

 

 

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ragesteel