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ljames555
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   16th Feb 05 at 11:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

i am trying to load xp on my computer, when it boots up with the disks on disk 3 it says fdc.sys corrupted, now ive looked on search engines but its abit confusing what to do :S can someone help me please
barteh
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16th Feb 05 at 11:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

why dont you boot off the CD of XP which im presuming you have?

Insert XP CD.. restart PC.
If it doesnt boot off the CD go into the bios and change the boot sequence to start with the CD rom.

If that doesnt work i think its the flux capacitor is naccard.

ljames555
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16th Feb 05 at 13:29   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

anyone esle have any idea what it could be ?
Dan B
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16th Feb 05 at 13:31   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Sounds like a corrupt file on the bootdisks, try re-downloading them from here.
barteh
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16th Feb 05 at 13:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

why dont you use the CD??
Why are you not booting from the CD?!!
You dont need to use the floppy disks if your going to install the OS
Stu
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16th Feb 05 at 13:35   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Does it not give you the option of skipping past this file and not installing it? FDC is the the floppy disc drive controller.

Where are you installing XP from? Is it a CD?

Are you installing XP as an upgrade from an old version of windows or are you getting your PC to boot from CD to install it freshly?
Stu
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16th Feb 05 at 13:36   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

quote:
Originally posted by barteh
why dont you use the CD??
Why are you not booting from the CD?!!
You dont need to use the floppy disks if your going to install the OS


Too slow! Sorry!
ljames555
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16th Feb 05 at 13:41   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

quote:
Originally posted by Stu
Does it not give you the option of skipping past this file and not installing it? FDC is the the floppy disc drive controller.

Where are you installing XP from? Is it a CD?

Are you installing XP as an upgrade from an old version of windows or are you getting your PC to boot from CD to install it freshly?


i have the cd and disks

yeh upgrade from win98 but trying to install it freshly

no doesnt give me option to skip past it
barteh
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16th Feb 05 at 13:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

James... listen to me!!

Insert XP CD.. restart PC.
If it doesnt boot off the CD go into the bios and change the boot sequence to start with the CD rom.

why are you not tryign this?
you do not need the floppy Disks!
the boot disks has the same info as the CD, when you get into the installation of XP it asks if you want to upgrade etc etc, just format the drive "using NTFS" and let it do the rest
Stu
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16th Feb 05 at 13:57   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

quote:
Originally posted by barteh
James... listen to me!!

Insert XP CD.. restart PC.
If it doesnt boot off the CD go into the bios and change the boot sequence to start with the CD rom.

why are you not tryign this?
you do not need the floppy Disks!
the boot disks has the same info as the CD, when you get into the installation of XP it asks if you want to upgrade etc etc, just format the drive "using NTFS" and let it do the rest


I would echo the above dude, Use the CD!
ashoasis
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16th Feb 05 at 14:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

maybe he has a copy and the disk is not bootable
blundey
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16th Feb 05 at 14:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

the above is corrrect you can boot from CD. However you can put the cd in when in windows 98 and choose to do a fresh install and format the drive under ntfs..instead of the bog standard fat32 format...so either way it wont make a difference if you do it form windows or not

 
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