trying to reformat a hd. i am very new at this but need a little assistance thanks trying to put windows xp on an older computer but computer wont boot up any suggestions
Ok lets start fom the begining I need to know what you mean by wont boot do you mean you power on your pc and nothing happens or do you mean that the windows xp disk doesnt boot the install program if it is the later enter your bios by hitting del (usually) can be F2 OR F1 OR F10 find your boot order and set your cd rom as primary boot device if it is that nothing happens when you power on then you have a hardware issue
Are you trying a fresh install? Or installing a new HDD into an old computer? OR are you trying to copy a verion of XP from a new HDD to an old HDD?
i installed xp on my old pc 2 weeks ago, win*idows 2000 was originaly on it, 500mhz 512 ram slow pc but kids play games on it it boots up in safe mode only when finnished loading i get a blank black screen. and cant do anything. i have another hd and this pc im on right now can i install xp on a hd on this pc without messing up this computer. will the hd work in other pc?
