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i just power on with the xp cd in right?
 
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Azn Tr14dZ said:
No it doesn't.

Do you have a splash screen? Does it say the DFI logo when you turn it on?
Click to expand...

yes
 
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Ok, turn on the comp, out the CD in. Turn it off. Then turn it on again, when the DFI SplashScreen shows up, press the "ESC" key, and keep pressing it. It enables you to boot from a CD.
 
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nothing hapened
 
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dont i have to set bios to boot from cd rom or something?
 
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What do you mean?
 
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got it to work
 
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Ok...good. How's it going now?
 
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when it says to select a unpartioned space do i partion it?
 
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do i press enter and set up windows xp on selected item

or do i press c and create a partion in the unpartioned space?
 
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anyone?
 
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Are you planning on using any other operating systems?
 
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no
 
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Choose Setup on this hard drive, don't create a partition.
 
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ok
 
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do i choose

Format the partition using the ntfs file system (quick
or format the partition using the ntfs file system
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depends if you want one partition or various
related to a post a bit above, when i wrote this no one had answered, sry
 
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Choose quick.
 
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windows will load without the cd in right? like it wont try to boot from disc everytime right?
 
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Yeah
 
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ok i noticed in my bios it has first boot device removable second boot device hard disk and thrid boot device cdrom is that normal?
 
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also how do i go into safe mood?
 
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when my computer turn on i cant move my mouse
 
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Is your mouse USB?
 
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i noticed in my bios the usb key board support was disabled i enabled it but that dosent fix my mouse becasue its not in a usb it plugs in the mouse spot
 
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