Barebones

squiggy wrote:
 > Also, does it matter if the XP home is a copy (not currently being used on
 > orig pc) that is being used for this install?
 >
 > "Rich Albright" <usaarich033 RemoveThis @adelphia.net> wrote in message
 > news:adOdnWHP_KvnlALfRVn-uQ@adelphia.com...
 >
  >>Just bought a barebones system and tried to load windows XP (Home), but
  >>system shuts down once the setup disk loads all the drivers as if it were
  >>starting the install process. I have connected everything correctly (i.e.
  >>cd
  >>and dvd, hdd, ram, floppy, etc). I know i need to partition the drive, but
  >>can figure out how to create a XP startup floppy that contains the fdisk
  >>command. Can any help? thnkz
  >>
 >
 >
 >

  You are not using an OEM Windows XP CD, are you?? If you are, the
hardware must match that in the original computer or it will not work.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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Thanks, Ken. Yes, I was trying to be cheap out about the thing. Guess I'll
go out and get XP Pro.

"Ken" <user.RemoveThis@domain.invalid> wrote in message
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 > squiggy wrote:
  >> Also, does it matter if the XP home is a copy (not currently being used
  >> on orig pc) that is being used for this install?
  >>
  >> "Rich Albright" <usaarich033.RemoveThis@adelphia.net> wrote in message
  >> news:adOdnWHP_KvnlALfRVn-uQ@adelphia.com...
  >>
   >>>Just bought a barebones system and tried to load windows XP (Home), but
   >>>system shuts down once the setup disk loads all the drivers as if it were
   >>>starting the install process. I have connected everything correctly (i.e.
   >>>cd
   >>>and dvd, hdd, ram, floppy, etc). I know i need to partition the drive,
   >>>but
   >>>can figure out how to create a XP startup floppy that contains the fdisk
   >>>command. Can any help? thnkz
   >>>
  >>
  >>
  >>
 >
 > You are not using an OEM Windows XP CD, are you?? If you are, the
 > hardware must match that in the original computer or it will not work.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: Barebones 

On Thu, 2 Jun 2005 17:47:04 -0400, "squiggy"
<usaarich033.DeleteThis@adelphia.net> wrote:

 >Thanks, Ken. Yes, I was trying to be cheap out about the thing. Guess I'll
 >go out and get XP Pro.
 >
With XP, no need for fdisk on a floppy. With a brand new, clean HD,
put XP disk in CD, strat and XP will do everything. In XP pro, you get
IIS, Internet Information Services WebServer software. You can run
like a web server, run server-side stuff like ASP... Real cool.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: Barebones 

Ken wrote:
 > squiggy wrote:
 >
  >> Also, does it matter if the XP home is a copy (not currently being
  >> used on orig pc) that is being used for this install?
  >>
  >> "Rich Albright" <usaarich033 DeleteThis @adelphia.net> wrote in message
  >> news:adOdnWHP_KvnlALfRVn-uQ@adelphia.com...
  >>
   >>> Just bought a barebones system and tried to load windows XP (Home), but
   >>> system shuts down once the setup disk loads all the drivers as if it
   >>> were
   >>> starting the install process. I have connected everything correctly
   >>> (i.e. cd
   >>> and dvd, hdd, ram, floppy, etc). I know i need to partition the
   >>> drive, but
   >>> can figure out how to create a XP startup floppy that contains the fdisk
   >>> command. Can any help? thnkz
   >>>
  >>
  >>
  >>
 >
 > You are not using an OEM Windows XP CD, are you?? If you are, the
 > hardware must match that in the original computer or it will not work.

That's not correct. I have an OEM Win XP CD and it's OEM for a white box
generic computer. What you mean is a proprietary OEM distro, like from
Compaq or IBM atc.

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squiggy wrote:
 > Also, does it matter if the XP home is a copy (not currently being used on
 > orig pc) that is being used for this install?
 >
 > "Rich Albright" <usaarich033 RemoveThis @adelphia.net> wrote in message
 > news:adOdnWHP_KvnlALfRVn-uQ@adelphia.com...
 >
  >>Just bought a barebones system and tried to load windows XP (Home), but
  >>system shuts down once the setup disk loads all the drivers as if it were
  >>starting the install process. I have connected everything correctly (i.e.
  >>cd
  >>and dvd, hdd, ram, floppy, etc). I know i need to partition the drive, but
  >>can figure out how to create a XP startup floppy that contains the fdisk
  >>command. Can any help? thnkz
  >>
 >
 >
 >
You can search Microsoft for a link to XP Home startup disks. I think it
takes 6 floppies.
If it's an OEM CD, you're probably going to have some problems, Squiggly.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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As advised from another group I downloaded an XP setup disk program (from
Microsoft) to create
the six setup disks. However, after I bootup and the disks start to load, my
system shuts down (turns off) when I reach disk 6. Disk 6 contains the
following:
SYSTEM32 (folder) - SMSS.EXE and NTDLL.DLL
DISK106
KBDUS.DLL
SPCMDCON.SYS

BIOS is configured with just everything shut off but the essentials and only
a cdrom, HD, and floppy installed.

Any ideas?

<sdeyoreo DeleteThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
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 > On Thu, 2 Jun 2005 17:47:04 -0400, "squiggy"
 > <usaarich033 DeleteThis @adelphia.net> wrote:
 >
  >>Thanks, Ken. Yes, I was trying to be cheap out about the thing. Guess I'll
  >>go out and get XP Pro.
  >>
 > With XP, no need for fdisk on a floppy. With a brand new, clean HD,
 > put XP disk in CD, strat and XP will do everything. In XP pro, you get
 > IIS, Internet Information Services WebServer software. You can run
 > like a web server, run server-side stuff like ASP... Real cool.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: Barebones