I tried installing windows XP into my moms computer that had ME and i guess the computer wasnt good enough and a bunch of the files failed to install. So i decided i would put me back on it. I put in the windows ME disks back in and it tells me that i need to run FDisk (Which i normally have to do anytime i need to install ME again so i didnt think anything of it). I typed in FDisk to get into the Utility then it gives me a message saying " No Fixed Disks Present"

Anybody know whats going on? I know the hard drive isnt dead becaue if i go into the BIOS menu it detects the hard drive

I know that I get errors on a XP install every now and then. Did you try more than once to install XP? Sometimes it takes me a couple tries to get it without a failed file.

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Hi

!!!! without meaning to fault you in anyway but Have you checked the cables, i have had similar things/errors happen to me before, and it is sometimes very frustrating, but DO check the H.D.D cables and so on, and then try a full installation of win XP, if that is the O.S of choice

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Yup, I've checked cables....all is well


I didnt think of trying XP again until you guys suggested so i tried and now i have a problem getting it to work.

I'll try to get some pictures in a little bit

Thanks for the replies


EDIT: Ok, i got some pics of me trying to put on XP

This is the first screen...which im sure everyone is familiar with



Then i press enter to get it to install XP and this comes up:


Then i Press "C" to redo my partitions and get here:



Then when i go back to the select the partition screen i get this:


So i press enter to install XP to that partition and get this again:



Sorry about the abundance of pictures, but i just wanted to make sure everyone knows what im talking about

Have you tried to delete the partition that was there first ans then do a fresh full format of it. Or did you just try to make the partition on the exsisting format that was there first hand.

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How would i go about doing a full format?

And im pretty sure that i've just been making a partition on an existing format

in the first image here

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select the option to delete the partition,then it will ask you if you want to create a whole new one. That's when you do the format....if I remember.

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Yeah that's correct. For some reason that option never seems to work right for me when I reinstall, it always gives me errors when deleting the current partition. I keep a copy of Partition Magic around and format my drive that way, then boot XP off disc and reinstall. Doing it that way, it's imperative to know you have a working XP install disc.

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What is Partition Magic? Is it on a disk or do i have to put it on floppy?

It's a program for creating, deleting, formatting, partitions on a Windows PC. It's a lot more powerful than the Windows formatter. You need to be able to boot into Windows to use it though. It's a pay application. Your best bet is to try formatting it through the Windows installer to begin with.

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