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spiritof350sb
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April 10th, 2005 01:00
Dimesion 8400 Problem
Can soembody tell me how they put xp pro on ther computer cause mine tells me that my hard drive is connected.
I just bought it and it's not making a good impression. :-\
I just bought it and it's not making a good impression. :-\
@spiritof350sb wrote:
What OS is on the computer now? WIN XP HOME SP2
Computer Model?Dimension 8400
How long have you had it. 2 days
What XP Pro CD are you trying to Use? Retail Full Version
Boot the computer with the XP Pro CD.
Setup will start.
When you get to the point where it will ask you what partition you want to install it on, you will also have the option of Formatting the Partition.
Choose the Partition, formatt the drive in NTFS and setup will continue.
This is not an Upgrade...it won't let you do it...this is a clean install.
Message Edited by jankerson on 04-09-2005 10:40 PM
@spiritof350sb wrote:
Im trying to put xp pro on my computer and i keep getting an error that a hard disk drive isn't installed on my computer (but it starts up and runs windows) only when i try to upgrade is when it kicks out.I tried upgrading but it keep telling me the version on my computer is newer then what im trying to put on.
What OS is on the computer now?
Computer Model?
How long have you had it.
What XP Pro CD are you trying to Use?
OEM or Retail
Upgrade or Full vers.
spiritof350sb
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Posted April 10th, 2005 01:00
What OS is on the computer now? WIN XP HOME SP2
Computer Model?Dimension 8400
How long have you had it. 2 days
What XP Pro CD are you trying to Use? Retail Full Version
@spiritof350sb wrote:
i hit enter and it comes up to
setup did not find any hard disk drives installed on yur computer the only option it gives me is to hit f3
You must have an SATA drive in your computer.
Press F6 when asked if you want to install HD controllers.
Have the floppy disk handy with you sata drivers on it.
spiritof350sb
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Posted April 10th, 2005 01:00
i hit enter and it comes up to
setup did not find any hard disk drives installed on yur computer the only option it gives me is to hit f3spiritof350sb
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Posted April 10th, 2005 01:00
Im trying to put xp pro on my computer and i keep getting an error that a hard disk drive isn't installed on my computer (but it starts up and runs windows) only when i try to upgrade is when it kicks out.I tried upgrading but it keep telling me the version on my computer is newer then what im trying to put on.shesagordie
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Posted April 10th, 2005 02:00
spiritof350sb.First, you make the CD/ROM/DVD the first boot device. How to configure a Dimension series system to boot to the CD/DVD drive.
http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/kb/en/document?dn=TT1032262
How to reinstall XP
And this has more driver procedures for the D8400spiritof350sb
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Posted April 10th, 2005 03:00
don't have that floppy can somebody zip it and send me it please
jankerson
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Posted April 10th, 2005 01:00