Jan Panteltje wrote:
And pray tell, how does one *install* Windows XP from its CD when
that CD does not boot?
You have made so many different statements, some seem to be related to
other computers, some are 100% contradictory, so I dunno what you are
talking about right now.
Your original statement regarding this thread was something like:
'I started the [OEM] CD, and then when reboot was required it did not
reboot'.
If that was a correct observation, and you ALSO stated MS DOS booted from
the same HD, then that HD must have FAT16 or someting like that on it, and
yes XP cannot run on FAT16 IIRC (but I am no MS expert).
There must have been some warning from that OEM CD.
The disk would have to be formatted with a newer filesystem, and the MS DOS
would no longer be able to boot from it.
MS DOS will not even boot on a Win98 HD, as that uses FAT32 I think.
So -unless you get more specific and give exact setup of the system and
talk about only _one_ case at the time, nobody in this universe can help you.
Except by pure chance, as there are simply too many possibilities.
My personal view (as many now already know) is get a Linux distribution,
an normal PC hardware configuration and as Saddam is no more MS DOS is no more.
(It hang).
Get the assignment to redesign the test system soft and hardware, make some
money, go on vacation and forget all about it.