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Brave_heart
12-22-2008, 05:23 PM
got a new hard drive, copy of windows XP small business...all it does is the set up menu and says "diskette A error", what do i do?
hardBBQ
12-22-2008, 11:12 PM
The issue could be lots of different things, but try going into the BIOS and setting it so that it doesn't halt on all errors. Maybe a defective or incorrectly installed floppy drive is halting the boot process.

If the hard drive is blank and you have to install Windows, then you will need to make sure that the BIOS boots the CD drive before the hard drive.
QHalo
12-22-2008, 11:58 PM
Windows XP small business? Check to make sure you don't have a floppy disk in the drive, as suggested, check your boot order and make sure that CD ROM appears before the hard drive. Also check that the BIOS can even see the hard drive.
Brave_heart
12-23-2008, 10:59 AM
it was the CD, it was so scratched it couldn't read it o.0 now im trying to install ubuntu...i burned it to a CD but when i put the CD back in my rig it comes up as the .iso file...not the .exe :(
YeOldeStonecat
12-23-2008, 11:10 AM
it was the CD, it was so scratched it couldn't read it o.0 now im trying to install ubuntu...i burned it to a CD but when i put the CD back in my rig it comes up as the .iso file...not the .exe :(

Most CD buring software will have a choice to " Burn CD from ISO". It's a special process that converts the ISO to the bootable CD...it's not a direct copy such as with a data CD.
Brave_heart
12-23-2008, 06:32 PM
Most CD buring software will have a choice to " Burn CD from ISO". It's a special process that converts the ISO to the bootable CD...it's not a direct copy such as with a data CD.

ok, will any blank CD work? or does it have to be a DVD rom or something?
alphanumeric
12-23-2008, 07:54 PM
Use a CD if it will fit, just look at the size of the iso file. I think the option you are looking for is something like "burn from disk image file".
Brave_heart
12-23-2008, 10:48 PM
Use a CD if it will fit, just look at the size of the iso file. I think the option you are looking for is something like "burn from disk image file".

i did it, it said it all worked...i put the CD back in and its blank.
YeuEmMaiMai
12-24-2008, 12:42 AM
did you finalise the disk? some buring software will leave the disk "open" so you can add to it later but some drives cannot read them until they are finalised
Brave_heart
12-24-2008, 02:02 AM
did you finalise the disk? some buring software will leave the disk "open" so you can add to it later but some drives cannot read them until they are finalised

how do i do that?
YeuEmMaiMai
12-24-2008, 02:34 AM
it's an option usually located on the dialog box to initiate burning (Nero for example).
Brave_heart
12-24-2008, 02:36 AM
ok i got it to work, i just had to press F12 when booting to get to the boot menu and select Ubuntu...but now i can't login into ubuntu...i dont have any ubuntu account...how do i get one? 0.o
YeuEmMaiMai
12-24-2008, 02:41 AM
sorry man any flavor of linux = I am as dumb as a rock :p
alphanumeric
12-24-2008, 07:12 AM
No Linux experience here either.
Brave_heart
12-24-2008, 07:19 PM
*starts crying* :( how do i uninstall it than? I'll start over when i get my other HDD.