Installing Windows XP from bootable CD
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Installing Windows XP from bootable CD
Windows XP, Windows installation, SATA, Bootable CD
How can I install a clean copy of Windows XP from a bootable CD? The laptop has SATA hard disk and cannot continue with installation. The laptop has no floppy drive.
ASKED: Aug 11 2009  3:17 PM GMT
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First make sure your BIOS has your CD/DVD drive as a boot device before your hard drives. Usually you can get into the BIOS by hitting a Function Key (F11, F1, etc) as the system starts up. BIOS' will defer from system to system but look for the option for the boot sequence and make sure the CD is first. Then insert you CD and restart the machine, if the CD is a bootable disk, it will start the install process. If it is not bootable, it will simply skip that and go to the hard drives, or the next boot option in the sequence. I am not sure what you mean by "continue with installation"... does it start and not finish because it doesn't see the hard drives?
Last Answered: Aug 11 2009  3:42 PM GMT by Fontanatech   265 pts.
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Sonotsky   660 pts.  |   Aug 12 2009  3:17PM GMT

Some [more recent] PC BIOSes will also present an option to select a boot device during POST, saving you the effort of resetting your boot order. I’ve grown to prefer this route when available.

Since XP was released in 2001 and first-gen SATA wasn’t ratified until 2003, if you have a vanilla XP install CD (i.e., no service packs slipstreamed in), it won’t be able to see the SATA controller in your laptop, and thus cannot find an install target and can’t complete.

You can either create an updated bootable install CD by slipstreaming a service pack into the main body of the install files, or contact your laptop’s manufacturer for a controller driver, and then go purchase a USB floppy drive, which go for about $25 these days.

 
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