got 4 gateways computer towers from a school that they wiped out how do I get windows xp to load up it has a 40 GB hard drive no adapters cards or video cards it has 2 512 of ram and it says it is a pentium 4 tried to mess with the bios but no luck.
You need an XP CD & then in the boot section of the bios, make sure it boots from the CD first. Put the XP CD in the drive & when you save the bios settings, it will boot from the CD.
You have a few seconds after seeing the message > Press any key, the install starts. That is the only time you press the key during the install.
Make sure when you reinstall, you delete ALL partitions & format to NTFS.
D to Delete the selected partition ( XP )
http://www.blackviper.com/os-instal...Here are some examples of why you delete all partitions.
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http://blog.eset.com/2011/10/18/tdl...Make sure after the install finishes, you change the bios back to boot from the HD first.
There may be a recovery partition on the hard drive. To find out click on the link below.
Might be pretty difficult to do anything if there is no video. You'll probably need to purchase graphic cards for these systems.