theog, I put Windows XP Home in the title and then went on to explain about.....
I thought you would have seen your answer in the title. I saw it there when I posted the answer. I did answer your question but should have included it in the message also.
I apologise for not making it more plainly seen.
Says he is getting NTLDR error when pressing any key I believe.
This would only be if XP is on the HD, and CD/DVD boot fails and tries to boot HD.
Could error be from anything else?
I thought that I included that answer but changed it a couple times to make it exact and may have left out that part, message:Press any key to boot from CD....
NTLDR is missing
Press CTRL+Alt+Del to restart
Pressing key at that stage does Nothing! It is telling me that pressing the key failed and to restart the machine.
Is this a known-good XP CD which has been used to install before? Check that it is perfectly clean.
Do you get the same NTLDR error when you try to boot either XP or Win7?
Clear the CMOS: Clear CMOS - 3 Ways to Clear the CMOS - Reset BIOS
Try the flash stick method using Ultra ISO as given above.
I posted last night about the LegacySelect group and I mentioned the 3 options: off, On, and No Boot and how Operating Systems with USB support will recognize USB storage devices regardless of the No Boot setting.
I just read it word for word and have it set to the on position which is the default position, so the OS is supported, regardless and no need for PS/2 which I do not have available anyway. This machine is designed to be USB 2.0 universally. It has at least 7 or 8 USB ports on the front and back of the machine. It shows that you need a PS/2 adapter to USB to use one of those keyboards.
I have a multimedia keyboard that has lights for the F mode on or off and software to allow me to do all kinds of things with this keyboard. No lights means that it does not work and sometimes I have to reboot to get it to become functional again.
Greg
If Prospector resets the BIOS, will need to enable USB legacy
You need to enable USB legacy for the keyboard.
After the BIOS boots the keyboard will not work until in windows, if not enable.
You asked me to disconnect the old drive which I did and am getting the error message from the new HDD on SATA 0. So I am getting the error message with or without XP HDD.
You and theog are sending me messages faster than I can keep up with!
I am about to download the other ISO program which will take time to learn and use to re-do the flash drive.
Clear the CMOS, which one do I do first, the CMOS or download and do the flash drive.
Please remember, I am DISABLED and have difficulty keeping-up with you both!
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