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help please.....windows setup problem

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  • 20-12-2005 4:18pm
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    CTU_Agent
    Registered Users Posts: 705 ✭✭✭


    im trying to do a fresh install of xp onto a laptop from a cd.

    Couple of things:

    1) im booting from a floppy with support for my PCMCIA card (CD ROM)

    2)i have the drivers for the Card/CD rom and i am able to access it after booting from the floppy

    3) I cant see my C:\ Partition (NTFS) when i boot from the floppy

    However when it starts up i change to the i386 folder then run winnt.exe but i get an error saying it has no where to put a swapfile....

    What can I do? Any ideas? :confused:


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    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 91,034 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    the problem is NTFS - it can only be written to using a copy of windows

    if you are using a pcmcia cd then you may need to check your XP license as I suspect the laptop may be rather old

    The DOS part of setup can't write to NTFS
    The PCMCIA card stops you booting off the CD so you have to start in Dos.

    Options if you already have windows then copy the files off the CD and run setup from inside windows.

    Get a CD recognised by laptops BIOS such that you can boot from it.

    get a live linux disk and resize the partition so you can make room for a fat32 one and copy windows files there and then run setup


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    lifebook
    Closed Accounts Posts: 651 ✭✭✭lifebook


    just fdisk the harddrive back to fat32

    install windows on fat32 partition

    then run the fat32 - ntfs drive converter


    simple or what ????


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    Orion
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    You can't convert the drive back to FAT32 without destroying the data on it unless you use a licenses piece of software like Partition Magic.


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    lifebook
    Closed Accounts Posts: 651 ✭✭✭lifebook


    CTU_Agent wrote:
    im trying to do a fresh install of xp onto a laptop:


    Looks like it doesnt matter about old data. He is doing a fresh install.


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