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Installing XP on new WD Raptor

Discussion in 'PC hardware help' started by TinMan108, Dec 29, 2007.

  1. TinMan108

    TinMan108 Member

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    Ok, so I have no idea what i'm doing anymore. I just got my new WD Raptor 74 and i want to install XP on it. I have a old WD 200gig that also has XP and all my flies on it. No idea what to do with BIOS, i've read around and found out that i have to do something with F6 and a floppy drive. I don't have a floppy drive. I've played around with it and i got XP installed on the Raptor without F6 or anything else, BUT when i'm trying to run the Raptor as the master drive it says disk read error then restart by pressing ALT+CRTL+DEL Please HELP!

    MoBo = Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3P
     
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    Unplug you old data drive, for safety, then plug in your new one, pop the Windows disc in the cd rom drive and boot up your pc. It should read from the disc, so then just follow the on screen instructions.
     
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    Its still not working when i hit F12 and boot from the 74 Raptor it gose
    BOOT FROM CD/DVD:
    DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER

    but the windows xp disk is already in the drive.
     
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    boot from CD, not the raptor since you said that you need to install an OS on that drive.
     
  5. TinMan108

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    i tried that too but it didn't work. I know the driver works cause when i put in the xperss recovery disk it works. I think i have xp installed on the Raptor because i can see the WINDOWS folders(also the program files etc.) when im booting on my old 200 gig. But i don't know why it's not booting.
     
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    Reinstall Windows on the Raptor if you don't need whats on it. If you see just a Windows folder, then its not a complete install.
     
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    Still not working i've reinstalled XP 3 times and when i try to boot from hard drive it goes to CD/DVD. I think its in stalled

    Folders on the hard drive

    WINDWOS
    Documents and Settings
    Program Files

    whats next ?
     
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    it means ur hd wnet bad u need to change ur hd
     
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    ^^Umm, no... I had that same problem when I was installing Vista on my WD Raptor on my old pc. Had basically the same problem, the computer wouldnt boot from the cd drive. I swapped out the drive with a newer one, and it worked. I was trying this on a older CD drive from my parent's busted computer, and I guess the drive was to old or something. But swapping it out for a newer one worked...
     
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    changing the drivers still didnt work. I can see the Raptor in the BIOS but every time i try to boot from it i goes to boot from CD/DVD drive.
     
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    I dont have any other XP disc. Is there another way that i can just simply move xp from my 200gig to my raptor ?
     
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    It says i need at least one seagate drive. Are you sure this program can work on WD ?
     
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    Worth a try, if that doesnt work then try a WD utility. Just search HD Cloning.
     
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    OK so i've given up on moving XP. Now i have another problem. The disc i was installing was XP Pro. Now my 200 gig has both XP Home and Pro and it runs pro frist. I have to wait for it to boot and press down to get to Home. How do I delete Pro off my hard drive ?
     
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    Format that partition or edit the Boot.ini file telling it to always boot XP Home.
     
  18. jony218

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    The problem with your raptor is probably a drive letter change problem. It happens with windows xp, when you move a partition from one drive to another. The system drive letter needs to be c:.

    use this demo to verify the drive letters on a non-booting hard drive.
    http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/downloads/JustBoot_Boot_Corrector_38938_p/

    To edit your boot.ini file in xp go to control panel/system/advance/startup and recovery/system startup/edit.
    Just remove the line that deals with windows xp pro.
     
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    So how do i change the letter drive on my Raptor to C: when my boot driver is C: ?
     
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    nevermind I got everthing done. I needed to boot with a USB drive with the ntrld thing. Thanks everybody for your help.
     

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