Hi, all,
I updated my OS from Win 2000 Pro to Win XP pro a while ago (using the upgrade but not the clean install), I have some problem using windows xp, the system is not stable. I am having trouble to do a clean reinstall, would some one help me?
System:
Dell Dimension 4100, 800 MHz CPU, 512 MB RAM, 3 separated HDs, C:\, E:\ and F:\, floppy drive: A:\, and CD-ROM drive: D:\, I upgraded Windows XP Pro SP2 from Win 2000 on C:\.
Sympton:
(1) After boot up, Windows XP could not use floppy drive. I inserted a disk and tried to access it, XP showed a msg: “Please insert a disk in A:\”.
1.1 Checking the drivers for floppy drive indicated it worked properly and driver was up-to-date, the floppy disk controller is Intel 82801BA LPC controller.
1.2 The floppy disk is fine with other PC;
(2) I tried to format the C:\, using the XP installation disc, but I could not do so since the System would not boot from CD-ROM or floppy drive. I changed the BIOS boot sequence but it still could not boot from the CDROM. I observed
(2.1) after boot up using XP on C:\, the CD-ROM worked fine,
(2.2) checked the driver of the CD-ROM showed no problem;
(2.3) changed with another CD-ROM drive which worked fine on another PC, I still could not boot from the CD-ROM
(2.4) The Win XP installation CD worked fine on other PC, i.e., could boot.
Solution wanted:
(1) How to make the floppy drive accessible?
(2) How to be able to boot from the CD-ROM or floppy disk?
Thanks!
mntdew
