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Offline [Sg]ShotGun

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« Reply #15 on: June 11, 2006, 04:04:23 PM »
well woo whoo

i found the copy of 98 that i use on my RC helicopter laptop.
soooooooo  iv got nutin else to do this afternoon, ill be trying to install 98se.

im did not install xp OVER anything, its always a fresh install on a new or reformated drive...but the only utility i have that will format a drive is the win98 boot diskette and it only recognized fat or fat32 DOS partitions.  even so, it dont see the whole drive, only 22g of it  :(

even using the utility supplied by the drive it self is not stellar, as it wont format over 137g. but i suspect it isnt even formating the drive anyway, as when i choose that option, the task is complete in only 10seconds...i suspect it only prepares the MBR and than releys on the OS CD to format the drive.
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« Reply #16 on: June 11, 2006, 04:57:17 PM »
well that didnt work...even 98 wont install on this drive..perhaps its the drive??  but when i put in a known working drive (EIDE), it fails to boot too.  i can get into safe mode but thats it.

can the MB be damaged?
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« Reply #17 on: June 11, 2006, 07:53:32 PM »
wait a sec...if i buy the XPhome upgrade version will it install on a fresh drive that has no OS on it if i have the win98 cd handy??

i mean, when upgrading, does the fresh drive have to have an OS on it?
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Offline Krusty

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« Reply #18 on: June 11, 2006, 10:55:29 PM »
I know for a fact that XP Pro does just that. Home shouldn't be any different. I have an upgrade version. I put the XP disc in the drive, boot from that, and it starts the install process. It stops, asks me to put the old software disc in, reads the disc, verifies it, and then says "put the XP disc back in" and continues a fresh install.

Works on Pro, should work on Home.
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« Reply #19 on: June 11, 2006, 11:10:45 PM »
SG,

If XP Pro upgrade will not work, then XP Home upgrade will not work any different when you re-install.

It sounds like your problem may be the drive.  You may be better off buying a new hard drive, then wasting money on another upgrade version of XP.  

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« Reply #20 on: June 12, 2006, 01:08:06 AM »
my CD of XP is the full version, not the upgrade. the only thing old in this madness im dealing with is the OS, which is a 2002 version, everything else is nu.

im thinkin of the upgrade version of home because its the most affordable, about 80$. the full version of xp home and pro is 200$/300$ respectively.
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« Reply #21 on: June 12, 2006, 06:37:11 AM »
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Originally posted by [Sg]ShotGun
my CD of XP is the full version, not the upgrade. the only thing old in this madness im dealing with is the OS, which is a 2002 version, everything else is nu.

im thinkin of the upgrade version of home because its the most affordable, about 80$. the full version of xp home and pro is 200$/300$ respectively.


You will need the following to install XP Home or Pro -
A floppy disk with the SATA driver on it.

When you boot with the XP CD watch for a screen near the start that says press F6 to install additional drivers (or something like that)

Press F6 and put the SATA driver floppy disk in.

Follow the prompts.

Failure to do this will result in XP not finding the SATA drive later on during the install.

Note - It will say SCSI drivers on the F6 screen, ignore it, it applies to ANY additional mass storage controllers.
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« Reply #22 on: June 12, 2006, 06:38:49 AM »
The "new" XP is the same "XP" as you got. It only has the free patches that MS has relased since.

It is possible to "slipstream" a new XP CD, so it has SP 2 ready on it. Google it, im sure you find how to do it.

Still you should be able to install the original XP on the disk.

Make sure you dont do a "repair" or attempt to use the old partition.

Delete the partition and then format. XP install CD has that option. Not just the win98.


But if you got problems now also with win98 installation, you can have hardware problems. All from disk to mother board.
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Offline [Sg]ShotGun

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« Reply #23 on: June 12, 2006, 11:38:56 AM »
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Originally posted by Kev367th
You will need the following to install XP Home or Pro -
A floppy disk with the SATA driver on it.
Note - It will say SCSI drivers on the F6 screen, ignore it, it applies to ANY additional mass storage controllers.


really!!!..the CD that came with the drive gave no indication a driver would be needed, but the MB CD had such an option...thats a wonderful addition Kev...thanks   :)
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