please help error loading operating system

mitch04 said:

um no I Will try that next.
Ok i think its failed again its not giving me that error but It says hit any button to boot CD.....
and just staying like that

For how long?

mitch04 said:

ok Should I enlarger the hard drive like what Minotar said using that link. I will put it to 20 gb this time ok?

If you dont,when you install xp not very much will fit on it.

just hangs for its been like 5 mins still nothing so I will try the other idea.

Are you sure you have used this disk before to successfully install?

Where did you get the download? Did you check its hash checksum to verify?

Minotar said:

mitch04 said:

Thanks for the replies.
I did exactly on that tutorial told me too should i download a third party program like Partition Wizard is a Windows based FREE Partition Manager. It works as partition magic and supports Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008 server and Windows 7. FREE for Home and Business user.. how much more larger should I put it too? Its just xp?
thanks again

First install EasyBC as per tutorial.
Depends on what you want to use it for,but seeing as you have near 500GB id give it 30GB.

Thats the link,heres a closer one Free Download Partition Wizard
Download the bottom one,the boot disc.Burn it at a slow speed.
D

Hey Why dont You think I should Just go through disk management from windows instead of downloading a third party program? The Do I Have to burn it to a Disc?

mitch04 said:

Minotar said:

mitch04 said:

Thanks for the replies.
I did exactly on that tutorial told me too should i download a third party program like Partition Wizard is a Windows based FREE Partition Manager. It works as partition magic and supports Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008 server and Windows 7. FREE for Home and Business user.. how much more larger should I put it too? Its just xp?
thanks again

First install EasyBC as per tutorial.
Depends on what you want to use it for,but seeing as you have near 500GB id give it 30GB.

Thats the link,heres a closer one Free Download Partition Wizard
Download the bottom one,the boot disc.Burn it at a slow speed.
D

Hey Why dont You think I should Just go through disk management from windows instead of downloading a third party program? The Do I Have to burn it to a Disc?

Its more efficent i think.

Yes,its a bootable disc version i linked you to,bottom one.

Yeah you can use Disk Management fine

Hi how much should I shrink My C:/ i cant put 436GB
I only want to put 20 GB on there All I want to do I just run a little program on there because I dont have 32 bit operating system thats all i want to do.

mitch04 said:

Hi how much should I shrink My C:/ i cant put 436GB
I only want to put 20 GB on there All I want to do I just run a little program on there because I dont have 32 bit operating system thats all i want to do.

Shrink by 15500 to get 30GB free Space
Shrink by 5000 to get 20gb free space

Remember,you have 16GB (16500 ish m/b ) already free

mitch04 said:

Hi how much should I shrink My C:/ i cant put 436GB
I only want to put 20 GB on there All I want to do I just run a little program on there because I dont have 32 bit operating system thats all i want to do.

As much as you want.

Now that you say you only need XP on there to run 32 bit, how about just putting 32bit Win7 on there? You should have the disk in your package, and it should allow install and activation on the same computer.

Someone can please correct me if I am wrong, but I saw on this forum today that you can install Win7 dual boot on the same computer and keep activated with no problem?

Even if you only run it as a 30 day trial, you could compare the two side by side to decide which you like best. I have bailed out of 64 bit several times for buggyness.