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new build...cant install windows

CheerUpEmoKid

CheerUpEmoKid

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hey guys...i finally got my computer build after months of waiting ;/ but now im having a problem. i went into the bios, set the comp to bood from cd-rom, put my xp pro disk in and rebooted, and then it gives me an error, BOOT DISK FAILURE. how can i fix this? :S
 
1) specs please, sounds like you have a hardware or BIOS-config problem 🙂

2) ...unless it's that your WindowsXP CD is not bootable. Is it a genuine Microsoft-made holographic jobbie?
 
first of all...thanks for the awesome guide 😀 i ran into some problems and your guide helped me out a lot 🙂

heres my parts:
SAPPHIRE 100130 Radeon X800GTO2 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - OEM

FSP Group (Fortron Source) ATX400-PA ATX12V 400W Power Supply - OEM

NEC Beige IDE DVD Burner Model ND-3520A-KIT-BGU - Retail

MSI K8N Neo4-F Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4-4X ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail

AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Processor Model ADA3000BPBOX - Retail

CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model
VS1GBKIT400 - Retail

Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 ST3250823A 250GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA100 Hard Drive - OEM

Labtec Spin 45 1W 2.0 Speaker - OEM

and no its not a genuine copy of xp...i wont be able to get any help with that will i? 🙁
 
I'm glad you liked the guide 🙂 but yeah, please get a real copy of teh Windowz 🙁 and props to you for at least being up-front about it instead of leading me on a futile wild goose chase :sun:
 
you think if i get a genuine copy of window it wont give me this error? could there be a hardware issue involved, like maybe floppy drive, because i dont have one
 
Originally posted by: mechBgon
BTW if you can't afford another expenditure right away, why not download a free 180-day trial of WinXP Professional x64 Edition? right here, start the download and Take A Snack Break? 😀 It goes *POOF* after 180 days, but hey.
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oh awesome thanks a lot man, thatll really help me out cause i dont have the cash to blow on a copy of windows 😀
:S sorry but where is the download for windows x64 on that page? i couldnt find it
 
Originally posted by: CheerUpEmoKid
Originally posted by: mechBgon
BTW if you can't afford another expenditure right away, why not download a free 180-day trial of WinXP Professional x64 Edition? right here, start the download and Take A Snack Break? 😀 It goes *POOF* after 180 days, but hey.
Click to expand...



oh awesome thanks a lot man, thatll really help me out cause i dont have the cash to blow on a copy of windows 😀
:S sorry but where is the download for windows x64 on that page? i couldnt find it
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Ooops, I pasted a link to HijackThis 😕 Well that has its uses too, but here's what we want: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/64bit/evaluation/trial.mspx The download is an .ISO file. Burn it to CD with Nero or whatever, and you got a bootable WinXP Pro x64 CD. If the system won't boot off of that, then we're back to the hardware/BIOS stuff. 🙂

 
Originally posted by: mechBgon
Originally posted by: CheerUpEmoKid
Originally posted by: mechBgon
BTW if you can't afford another expenditure right away, why not download a free 180-day trial of WinXP Professional x64 Edition? right here, start the download and Take A Snack Break? 😀 It goes *POOF* after 180 days, but hey.
Click to expand...



oh awesome thanks a lot man, thatll really help me out cause i dont have the cash to blow on a copy of windows 😀
:S sorry but where is the download for windows x64 on that page? i couldnt find it
Click to expand...
Ooops, I pasted a link to HijackThis 😕 Well that has its uses too, but here's what we want: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/64bit/evaluation/trial.mspx The download is an .ISO file. Burn it to CD with Nero or whatever, and you got a bootable WinXP Pro x64 CD. If the system won't boot off of that, then we're back to the hardware/BIOS stuff. 🙂
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hehe thanks so much man 😀 ill get my bro to download and burn that for me cause this POS doesnt have a burner or anything :S if that doesnt work i guess ill have to PM you about my hardware/bios stuff 😀 thanks for the help
 
ok i had my brother download and burn that xp x64 trial and he brought it over and it still gave me the BOOT DISK FAILURE error...why is it saying this?any help?
 
Presuming that the components in your box are good and hooked up correctly... its sounds like it could be as simple as the CD not being bootable.

When you burned the image, did you simply drop the .iso file onto the CD? (bad) or did you (presuming you are using nero) go to Recorder > Burn Image ?

The iso file is like a carbon copy of a CD and has to be burned in a specific way to get that carbon copy mirrored on a CD including (importantly in your case) the bootable parts of the disc.

Simply creating a cd with that single iso file on it is not going to be useful for anything other than putting your coffee cup on, open the CD on another PC and see if you have a bunch of files and directories on it, or one single .iso file

<Apologies If I am Teaching a Granny how to Suck Eggs 🙂>
 
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