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how do i reformat
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Original Message
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Name: nicholarse
Date: November 28, 2003 at 05:19:57 Pacific
Subject: how do i reformat
OS: win xp pro
CPU/Ram: AMD athlon xp 2400+/1GB D
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Comment: ok just installed new motherboard, ram, vid card, cpu etc and to get rid of the old drivers for my old vid card and mobbo i thought best to just reformate. now i can't actually get into windows xp so deffo need to reformat. on my old mobbo (msi kt3ultra i pressed F11 and that brought up a menu to let me choose what i wanted to boot from, i want to boot from the xp cd. Doeds anyone know how to do similar on an ABIT nf7-s V2.0 motherboard? thanks for your help.
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Response Number 1
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Name: ranchhand
Date: November 28, 2003 at 05:50:00 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)If you are able to post to the BIOS screen, enable your CDROM as first boot device. Insert your XP sytem disk. Reboot. XP install screen will fire up. During install procedure the partition/format screen will appear, and you know what to do from there.
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Response Number 2
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Name: efabes
Date: November 28, 2003 at 05:58:09 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)I think you should call Microsoft before you begin. You will not be able to activate XP on a new machine (mobo probably counts as new machine), as it is already activated on your old one.
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Response Number 3
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Name: Stuart
Date: November 28, 2003 at 06:52:38 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Depends how long it was since it was activated on the old machine. If its more than 90 days then there won't be a problem. The slate is cleared after 90 days. If its within the 90 days and you need to call Microsoft you will have to install the OS first. It will produce a new hardware code which you then tell Microsoft who will then give you a new activation code which you enter manually. Stuart
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Response Number 4
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Name: nicholarse
Date: November 28, 2003 at 08:09:31 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)i never activated it on my old machine, as it wasn't on there longer than 30 days. ok whenever i switch on after it posts it goes onto this raid setup thing, and tells me to press F4, i don't want a raid array of any sort how do i get rid of this. i thnk this might be causing me problems. it then often says NTRLD or omsething simlar is missing. argh this is so annoying i just want to use my system! thanks for any help.
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Response Number 6
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Name: nicholarse
Date: November 28, 2003 at 09:27:09 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)i can't seem to find it. am i having a stupid day today or something. i have 90minutes until my dad gets home and he needs to use it. little but of pressure now.
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Response Number 7
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Name: efabes
Date: November 28, 2003 at 10:05:16 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)First, I am not sure that a RAID setting would cause your error (but it would be good to eliminate the possibility). Second, did you check to make sure that SCSI support was disabled? It will depend on your motherboard. You need to check the documentation. The raid setup may be controlled by jumper.
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