Boot from Windows XP CD Not Working

Hello,

I am trying to reformat my computer by reinstalling XP. I've tried all the ways that I know and have searched online:

1. Simply click the CD Autorun from My computer. This works but then when it gets to the setup screen, I get an error that says there are no system partition that it can use so it shuts down the setup and I'm back on desktop.

2. I leave the CD inside the drive and restart the computer (and press F12 to get to the "boot from" screen). I click the only viable option for booting from cd there, weirdly named "Onboard or USB CD Drive" (there are 4 others like SATA HDD, IDE HDD, Floppy, USB device - those don't matter). When I do this, I get the error "Cannot boot from drive" - guess it is not detected or something (my cd is in the correct cd drive - tried both of them even though 1 is only DVD).

3. I go into BIOS and set boot order to "Onboard or USB CD Drive" first but that doesn't work either - same problem as above.


How can I do a clean reformat if I can't even get the XP Installation CD to boot or work properly?

 

Trying XP Pro Setup Utility Floppy disks now (6 floppies - downloaded exe from Microsoft's site).

 

well u can try the usb boot procedure is given by zfactor in the thread:
you can try this if you have a big enough usb stick:

Note: Make sure your motherboard is capable of booting off a USB drive or this will not work. Also, backup any files on your USB drive because it will be formatted.


1) Download the free UltraISO trial by clicking on this
http://www.ezbsystems.com/ultraiso/download.htm

2) Start UltraISO as administrator
3) "Burn" the iso image to the USB stick by following these steps

With UltraISO:
- Open the image of Vista/Win7 with UltraISO
- Under BOOTABLE tab choose WRITE DISK IMAGE
- Choose your USB stick under "Disk Drive"
- Choose a method (It's recommended to use USB-HDD+)
- Press Write
- Make sure to change your BOOT order in BIOS to boot from your USB drive first


THAT IS ALL!!!





I have tried this and confirmed it works fine, other people have confirmed this works as well! So no need to burn the ISO to a DVD and waste a disc I'm sure you can use other programs then UltraISO as well to do this. Also, installing from a USB drive shaves a few minutes or so off the install time.
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See my guide on how to make a bootable usb stick: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=246530

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