well im using linux (fedora) at the moment and i want to use windows instead i put the windows cd in and i press any key and it comes up with the message saying its Checking hardware configuration and settings or something like that then it will go away and the screen will go black and there will be disk activity but it will just keep doing that. even if i take out the cd it will still do the same thing.
2007-04-01 15:06:45 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
You have to reformat the drive. Go to http://www.bootdisk.com
2007-04-01 15:11:45 · answer #1 · answered by suavesoyyo 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The first question I need to ask is does your computer meet min. system requrements to add XP?
Pentium II, III, Celeron, compatible or better CPU running at a speed of at least 300 MHz
64MB RAM minimum (128MB recommended)
2GIG hard drive space with 640MB free
CD-ROM or DVD drive from which to install Windows or other software
A monitor, keyboard, mouse or other pointing device
If you plan to listen to sounds played by Windows, you will need a sound card & speakers.
A modem for dialup connection to the internet
A network card (if you want to connect to a network)
Next I also recomend Partition Magic but I would recomend deleting the partion you are useing now this will free up all your computers hard drive and will remove all files so if you have things you want to save back them up (flash drive, data cd, data dvd)
This would be called a fresh install e-mail me if you want me to walk you through it.
2007-04-01 22:25:39 · answer #2 · answered by ynot69247 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you trying to install by booting from CD or are you trying to run the disk within Linux? Are you using an upgrade version of XP or a full version? You will need a full version if you are not upgrading from an earlier version of Windows.
2007-04-01 22:17:54 · answer #3 · answered by CalKnight 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is probably having trouble reading and reformatting the hard drive (windows can not recognize all the different Linuxes file formats. try downloading partition logic(( IT IS FREE)
and burn it to a CD. then use it to format the hard drive in to NTFS. I have had this problem and this is how i solved it.
hope this helps
2007-04-01 22:19:08 · answer #4 · answered by dragon007dragon69 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Create a second partition and install it on there.
Partition magic allow you to do that without destroying your existing data.
2007-04-01 22:16:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to delete the boot records.
Use http://dban.sourceforge.net/ and nuke the drive. Then Windows should install fine.
2007-04-01 22:12:25 · answer #6 · answered by Jim 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe your computer doesn;t meet system requiments to install windows xp..
2007-04-02 04:43:30 · answer #7 · answered by donald 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋