here is the message it displays in setup when trying to install windows

and then it just restarts and says the same thing again and again

i have reset the CMOS, i dont know if that has helped or caused the problem

Ok, you're gettin the same error each time you try to run the setup?

Is this CD nlited, have you check that cd isn't damaged?

its just a standard retail MS disc

the disc is ok, i checked another XP disc and it says the same for that

Is ur hdd ok? Did you try chkdsk (or scandisc) on it?

well i got it pasted that error by putting the HDD on the same IDE cable as the DVD drive

and setting the jumpers accordingly

now it completes the first part of the setup, then when it restarts to go into the second part of the installation

it says boot from CD.... error loading operating system everytime now

god its so annoying!

Did you ever get this resolved? when it says error loading operating system, make sure that your bios is set to boot from the VERY FIRST hard drive, the reason I say this is because the windows setup writes the master boot record on the first (primary master) hard drive, then that tells it to boot to whichever drive windows is on. I have had this issue many times before and it was due to an incorrect value in bios.

Edited August 23, 200717 yr by Drake