help me
By jobs_great
@jobs_great (292)
India
May 9, 2008 2:11am CST
I recently purchased a used computer which had windows 98 installed on It. Which was working fine. I tried to Install windows XP on it to make it dual boot. I installed it successfully but when I started the PC after a few minutes the pc restarts and the window xp will never boot again. Although the windows 98 is working fine. Then I formated C drive and Tried only Windows Xp. The same problem appeared again. Now I am not able to operate as It has no operating system in It. Please help me out why windows Xp is not working on it although windows 98 is working fine.
5 responses
@zweeb82 (5653)
• Malaysia
10 May 08
What is your hdd size? Can XP be installed on it? If you just want XP now, just delete all the partitions & recreate them & install your XP OS on C. Like one of the guys mentioned, make sure your Win XP CD has no missing files / scratches so that everything essential will be copied.
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@zweeb82 (5653)
• Malaysia
10 May 08
The easiest way to do it is when you install your windows. It wil ask you where you would want to install it. You can create or delete partition from there. It will guide you step by step. And like you said, you better backup your stuff. Another way of doing it is go to Control PanelAdministrative ToolsComputer ManagementDisk Management. Since you said it's an old PC that you've bought, my advice is it's best to buy a new hdd as they are very cheap nowadays
@jobs_great (292)
• India
10 May 08
Its a 40 GB HDD and has 4 partitions on it. C-5GB, D-9 Gb, and rest on E and F equially. Ok then for that I need to take backup. But I dont know to partition the drive. Can you explain how to partition a HDD.
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@Wickedself (720)
•
9 May 08
Check if your Windows 98 is in D: drive or not. Because you can choose which partition you want to be booted. May be it requires you to install xp in d: drive.
@jobs_great (292)
• India
9 May 08
My Windows 98 is in C: drive and I installed windows Xp in D: drive
@thecodeis (78)
• India
9 May 08
If u dont want a dual system then try upgrading ur system to XP when installing XP. Use a different drive other than D: as it might have problem if u try joining two IDE hard drives.
@jobs_great (292)
• India
9 May 08
As now I have already formated C: drive (windows 98), I also tried windows xp only on c: drive which gave me the same problem.
@LilyPad123 (377)
• Singapore
9 May 08
First of all is your windows xp a proper release. Cause if you are installing modded winxp or burned versions there might be problems caused, because of improper cd-burning. Simply put - files might be missing. Is your computer within the requirement of winxp?? If it is not why not try win2000, so far it is the most stable windows i have used.
@jobs_great (292)
• India
9 May 08
Thanks for the Idea. I shall check it out if my PC is compatible with the windows XP.
@thecodeis (78)
• India
9 May 08
If u did use Win98 then ur PC is fine. Try using a bootable XP installation CD. Boot ur PC via CDROM u can do this by going to the Bios and changing the preference the first boot device and then u can boot and install XP. This should solve a problem. Try a different version of Win XP. There is Win XP with SP2 available.
@alchemist00 (23)
• Philippines
9 May 08
Whe error message do you see on the screen when its booting up?
@ankilla (325)
• India
9 May 08
When you installed windows xp and 98 did u got any option where you can select which os to load. If its not happened they change your boot.ini
As now max pc are coming with pre installed xp why your dealer has given you win98. However use genuine windows xp version and format c drive and try to install still if its nor working then ask your dealer regarding this problem.
@jobs_great (292)
• India
9 May 08
Thanks for your response. as I have already mentioned that I purchased an old PC. So, It had windows 98 pre-installed on it.
@siongchee (66)
• Singapore
13 May 08
yo dude, i doubt having 5gb for system is enough. as xp boots up it will eat up about 256mb to 512mb of disc space just purely "painting" the UI and also some system background task. i would suppose that you try having more disc space and also get a original XP disc if your XP disc is not the original one.
however, please ensure that your system is capable of upgrading to XP before you do that as when you keep on split the partition and/or formatting your harddisk you are actually shortening the lifespan of your harddisk.
