That worked, switched it in the bios to the CD and it worked as you said. I've now got another problem. After selecting install windows I get this message.
"Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your computer, make sure any hard disk drives are powered on and properly connected...
Thanks for replying ktwebb, yes is was a new and empty drive, what you are describing is exactly what I did the first time. It got to a point and flashed up "Reboot and select the correct boot device or insert media and press a key", at that point I placed the windows disk in the tray and hit...
Rookie at building a PC here, everything has went good so far but now I'm stuck. Powered up the system, and put in the Windows XP disk. The disk loaded and everything went fine until I came to the screen that gave me the option of installing windows, quiting without installing, and one other...
A friend of mine decided to build a system himself, he had never put one togather and asked his son-in-law to help. They put everything togather but the system would not boot and I was asked to look at it to see what was wrong. What I discovered was that when the motherboard was put in they did...
I have an old pc that I'm needing a drive bay faceplate and a expansion slot insert. Trouble is the case is old, and I don't have any documentation for it. The only markings I can find on it is the serial number (s/n 9935500). There is also a marking in the plastic front for the case (AB7...