Re: [OT]XP Help

["Alancc" <alan.cc@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I did realise that :-)
It was a nearly new drive I used which worked on another machine.
Alancc
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2004 2:29 PM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT]XP Help


>
> I meant the CD ROM drive - is that definitely a bootable drive - I
have a
> 24x Creative CD ROM drive here that simply cannot be booted from even
though
> once installed Windows will quite happily use it.
>
> Try pulling a more up to date CD ROM drive from another PC and trying
that?
>
> Phil
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Alancc [mailto:alan.cc@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 25 April 2004 13:55
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [ukha_d] [OT]XP Help
> >
> > Just tried another CD that I know boots still no joy, the
> > mobo is a P2 266, I wanted to use it as I know its stable it
> > has been running Win 98 in node 0 for three years with no
problems.
> >
> > Alancc
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxx>
> > To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2004 1:33 PM
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT]XP Help
> >
> >
> > >
> > > > Just tried it again with the raid controler out of the
PCI
> > > > bus, still does it.
> > > > I have nearly worn out the A drive with all these poxy
floppies.
> > > > Is there another way to install XP on an old machine
without
> > > > using the boot floppies?
> > >
> > > Arse! That'll teach me to read more carefully - it hadn't
> > registered that
> > > you were running the install from boot floppies rather than
> > booting from
> > the
> > > CD drive. Sorry.
> > >
> > > I know it means spending money but wouldn't it just be
> > easier to change
> > the
> > > mobo or CD ROM? Is it definitely the mobo that won't boot
> > from CD ROM?
> > What
> > > motherboard / processor / memory do you have? Is the CD ROM
> > a bootable
> > ATAPI
> > > drive? (I have one IDE CD ROM drive that just isn't bootable
from no
> > matter
> > > what mobo you stick it on.) Maybe I might have something
> > here in the parts
> > > pile that would help?
> > >
> > > Phil




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