So, the other day I was informed my cousin's computer "Died during a game" just turned off, he's been trying to fix it.. I don't know exactly what he's done, but trying to get Windows back on he's formatted his HDD, but now it won't even let him reinstall Windows XP.
He says he gets to step 8 on : http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sg_clean.asp
He has no "Press any key to boot from CD" option
Instead he gets
BOOT FROM ATAPI CD ROM:
NO EMULATION
Which after about 10 minutes of idle time, boots from the Windows XP disc anyway.
It gets to Step 8, Then Restarts, And once restarted it either does nothing, or starts the setup again if the disc is in the drive... a horrible loop.
It's a 250gig HDD if that's.. relevant, The boot order in the BIOS is.
CD
Floppy
HDD
This particular HDD has never had windows on it before, I think he gave up on the HDD that originally had windows on it when it crashed.
Sorry if this information isn't useful, my cousin isn't in my town, so I can only reiterate what he tells me.
Thanks
Xirix
He says he gets to step 8 on : http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sg_clean.asp
He has no "Press any key to boot from CD" option
Instead he gets
BOOT FROM ATAPI CD ROM:
NO EMULATION
Which after about 10 minutes of idle time, boots from the Windows XP disc anyway.
It gets to Step 8, Then Restarts, And once restarted it either does nothing, or starts the setup again if the disc is in the drive... a horrible loop.
It's a 250gig HDD if that's.. relevant, The boot order in the BIOS is.
CD
Floppy
HDD
This particular HDD has never had windows on it before, I think he gave up on the HDD that originally had windows on it when it crashed.
Sorry if this information isn't useful, my cousin isn't in my town, so I can only reiterate what he tells me.
Thanks
Xirix