how to install OS on new system

[Wheeler]

I just built a new system, and I have the Xp home upgrade, how do I go about installing that onto a new computer with a new hard drive?

I've tried doing it on my own, and I set it up to boot from the cd player, well XP comes up and I have a 60gig HD, so it wants to know if I want to add more partions and which one to install it on...so I made 2 partitions, and I told it to install it to the first one...so it says its installing it, then it said it was done and wanted to restart the computer, so I restarted it, but first I went into BIOS and told it to now boot off the floppy and HD first....well for some reason it won't boot from the HD.

Another thing I have noticed is that when I first go into BIOS my HD doesn't show up, then after several seconds it shows up as my Primary Master. There is nothing else on the primary. When I start the computer up, when its shows its booting up, it says detecting Primary Master, and its takes a few seconds, then it says none. Is that because there is nothing on it, or do I have something hooked up wrong?

Last question Am I going to have any problem installing XP home Upgrade on my newly built computer, if I had it running on the old machine, and its now not running because I kept my case and dvd, burner, and sound card for new machine? I read something about having to call Micro$oft and getting a new activation code or something?

Thanks for any help!

 

[Poontos]

In quick review, it appears as though you have the "upgrade" version of Windows XP Home Edition.
Which means that you gots to *upgrade* from a previous version of a Microsoft approved operating system.
In other words, you`ll have to install Windows whatever first and then upgrade from that OS to XP.

Or call MS and see what they can do for ya over the phone -- most likely pay them money to upgrade to
the full edition of XP, not just the upgrade.

Good luck!

 

[miguel]

That's not true. YOu just need to put in the old windows cd when prompted to prove you are eligible for the update version of XP. Otherwise the update xp and full xp ARE EXACTLY THE SAME THING.

 

[NiPeng]

Strange problem with the harddrive.
It does remind me a bit of older diskdrives which you had to give a few seconds to spin up (boot delay option in the bios).

 

[Wheeler]

I've already gotten past the part of having to put in my old WinME cd, to get XP Home Upgrade to install.

I think the main problem is why the hard drive is not getting recognized immediateltly when booting up. I have a WD 60gig HD. It came with a floppy that has tools on it and can also use it to format and partion the HD. But when running that it says that I don't have any WD devices installed.
Yet when you go into the bios, it says after several seconds that I do I have a WD installed as my Primary Master. Although when you first go into BIOS it says that there is no HD.

 

[CTho9305]

<< I've already gotten past the part of having to put in my old WinME cd, to get XP Home Upgrade to install.

I think the main problem is why the hard drive is not getting recognized immediateltly when booting up. I have a WD 60gig HD. It came with a floppy that has tools on it and can also use it to format and partion the HD. But when running that it says that I don't have any WD devices installed.
Yet when you go into the bios, it says after several seconds that I do I have a WD installed as my Primary Master. Although when you first go into BIOS it says that there is no HD. >>



interesting. that may be a bad drive... I would give western digital a call / RMA the drive.