Help installing Windows XP rc2

[Paul7]

I bought my copy of Windows XP RC2 and want to install it on a brand new system with a new HD. The HD has not been fdisked or formatted yet. How do I get XP loaded onto this HD - new system?

- Paul

 

[Heretik]

Go into BIOS and set CDROM as 3rd boot device (assuming 1st is floppy, 2nd is hard drive). Put the XP CD in your CDROM then reboot and go from there.

 

[Paul7]

I tried that and it will not boot from the cd-rom. I get message "BOOT DISK FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER".

My system is:
av7133
amd 1.2 266
512 ram
asus s500 50x cdrom
...

hd is on ide1 - master
cdrom is on ide2 - master

A friend made the XP RC2 cd for me so I would not have to download it and burn it myself.
What files should I see on the cd at the root level, i have/see:
autorun.inf
readme.htm
setup.exe
win51.rc2
win51ip.rc2


- Paul

 

[Heretik]

Hmmmm......did your friend burn your copy direct from the ISO image, or did he just burn the files/folders to a CD? If he did the latter, he may not have burned it as a bootable CD.

 

[Doh!]

If the cd is not bootable, go grab a win9x bootdisk at www.bootdisk.com and install xp using the bootdisk.

 

[Paul7]

I tried that. I ran the setup.exe and it told me that this program cannot be run from DOS.

- Paul

 

[Wik]

No No not setup.exe

Use Dos boot disk

switch to cdrom

cd to I386

run winnt.exe