Comments on: Windows XP: Installing from Harddrive

By: ijstyles

ijstyles — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:57:41 +0000

Worked like charm in my pc though I have to do a lot of troubleshooting. Thanks

By: soulkla

soulkla — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:00:12 +0000

You Have to SET your HDD to 2 or more Partition…
You'll also need to set the Active Partition of MS-DOS OS… from the F-disk Menu
I set it to C:
and put my WinXp Installation Files on D:

By: phunk

phunk — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 23:42:54 +0000

How to fix the “DISK BOOT FAILURE” after the DOS – part of the install.
Right after formatting load F-Disk and set the C: Drive as 'active'
It's in the menu of F-Disk, just look for it.
It will allow windows to boot from C: and continue the installation.
You have to do this before the start of the installation by running 'winnt'
It was a lifesaver for me….;-)

By: soulkla

soulkla — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:37:25 +0000

Thanks very much ! you saved me ….. your solution works perfectly….

By: mplo

mplo — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:40:11 +0000

after setup files were copied, it prompted reboot and removal of the boot disk. problem was, hard drive can't boot.. “no bootable device — insert boot disk and press any key” appears.. HELP

By: deed

deed — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:04:30 +0000

That's just because your BIOS had the CD drive as a higher priority than your HDD. When it saw a bootable disc in the CD drive it started loading from that rather than the HDD.

By: Sharoon

Sharoon — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:52:51 +0000

Hey heres waht im tryna do !! i got the new windows 7 iso all extracted n all…. n i wanna install it clean onto my desktop but it dont have a dvd in it n im not buyin one either!! lolz….anyhow i made a startup usb disc coz i dont have a floppy drive too!!! :) i know im outa resources here!! so i got the windows 7 folder in another hdd on my pc…i got a master n a slave btw!! and i was thinkin how can i install it on my c drive….i got the windows files on d drive…coz 98 start up in dos is not recognizing the ntfs file system…does it mean im gonna have to format it n then try this on fat file sys??!!! sombody point me in the rite direction plz

By: rey

rey — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:31:41 +0000

thank you dude..it's cool
I am trying it now.

By: cyrus

cyrus — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 06:54:59 +0000

this is what im looking for, but i suggest you guys provide the smartdrv.exe software coz the link you had provided is not free,. :)

By: Oliver

Oliver — Thu, 21 May 2009 20:44:57 +0000

Hi, i have tried these steps but i have a sata hdd and the 98 se floppy will not recognise it