I am attempting to install Windows XP SP2 on a Dell Latitude D820.
The BIOS is configured to boot from the CDROM drive, and the notebook picks up the CD – it displays the following:
“Press any key to boot from CD…”
I press a key and it is followed by the following:
“Setup is inspecting your computer’s hardware configuration…”
After a few seconds the message disappears from the screen and the drive appears to stop spinning. It does not get to the blue screen where it says “Windows Setup”, etc.
I know it is not a fault with the disk as:
– I have installed Windows XP on the same machine to create a virtual machine (using VMware), and
– The CD works on other PCs, including my other Dell notebook.
The machine currently has a Linux installation on it and I need to dual-boot as Windows does not run effectively enough under VMware.
Any ideas?