ljames555
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i am trying to load xp on my computer, when it boots up with the disks on disk 3 it says fdc.sys corrupted, now ive looked on search engines but its abit confusing what to do :S can someone help me please
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barteh
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why dont you boot off the CD of XP which im presuming you have?
Insert XP CD.. restart PC.
If it doesnt boot off the CD go into the bios and change the boot sequence to start with the CD rom.
If that doesnt work i think its the flux capacitor is naccard.
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ljames555
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anyone esle have any idea what it could be ?
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Dan B
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Sounds like a corrupt file on the bootdisks, try re-downloading them from here.
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barteh
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why dont you use the CD??
Why are you not booting from the CD?!!
You dont need to use the floppy disks if your going to install the OS
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Stu
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Does it not give you the option of skipping past this file and not installing it? FDC is the the floppy disc drive controller.
Where are you installing XP from? Is it a CD?
Are you installing XP as an upgrade from an old version of windows or are you getting your PC to boot from CD to install it freshly?
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Stu
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quote:
Originally posted by barteh
why dont you use the CD??
Why are you not booting from the CD?!!
You dont need to use the floppy disks if your going to install the OS
Too slow! Sorry!
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ljames555
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quote:
Originally posted by Stu
Does it not give you the option of skipping past this file and not installing it? FDC is the the floppy disc drive controller.
Where are you installing XP from? Is it a CD?
Are you installing XP as an upgrade from an old version of windows or are you getting your PC to boot from CD to install it freshly?
i have the cd and disks
yeh upgrade from win98 but trying to install it freshly
no doesnt give me option to skip past it
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barteh
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James... listen to me!!
Insert XP CD.. restart PC.
If it doesnt boot off the CD go into the bios and change the boot sequence to start with the CD rom.
why are you not tryign this?
you do not need the floppy Disks!
the boot disks has the same info as the CD, when you get into the installation of XP it asks if you want to upgrade etc etc, just format the drive "using NTFS" and let it do the rest
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Stu
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quote:
Originally posted by barteh
James... listen to me!!
Insert XP CD.. restart PC.
If it doesnt boot off the CD go into the bios and change the boot sequence to start with the CD rom.
why are you not tryign this?
you do not need the floppy Disks!
the boot disks has the same info as the CD, when you get into the installation of XP it asks if you want to upgrade etc etc, just format the drive "using NTFS" and let it do the rest
I would echo the above dude, Use the CD!
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ashoasis
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maybe he has a copy and the disk is not bootable
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blundey
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the above is corrrect you can boot from CD. However you can put the cd in when in windows 98 and choose to do a fresh install and format the drive under ntfs..instead of the bog standard fat32 format...so either way it wont make a difference if you do it form windows or not
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