Nad Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 (edited) Hi there. I have been wanting to reinstall XP Professional on my PC however when I type the following in dos:f:cd i386winntI get an error stating:"An Internal error has occurred. Could not find a place for a swap file."I dont know what the problem is because if i place the cd into my other pc's and run setup via dos, the setup program works fine.Im not really sure on what i should do - use fdisk, delete C:, recreate it then attempt an install? The thing about that is when writing a floppy disc with windows 98 boot, i keep getting "Disc error in track x, head x. Address mark not found."My HDD is 250 gig, partitioned as follows:C: 20GBD: 19.9GBE: 99.9GBF: 92.8GBI am using 15 gig on C: (OS, apps and files) and about 20 gig on E:, backups.I also have 1gig of ram if it makes any difference?Thanks for reading and thanks in advance for any support!Nad Edited October 21, 2007 by Nad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponch Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 if i place the cd into my other pc's and run setup via dos, the setup program works fine.Do try the same here ? Is F: the CD or a copy on a partition ?+ What partitions are FAT32 and seen when you launch setup ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nad Posted October 21, 2007 Author Share Posted October 21, 2007 F: Is the CD/DVD drive for the computer whilst in DOS.All partitions are NTFS. And this error occurs when I attempt to run setup (by executing winnt in DOS). For all other PCs i have tried it on, the setup program starts up fine, give me hte option to format partitions and choose which one I want to install it on etc.Nad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fungus Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 What program did you use to partition the drives?I found the only one that works is Acronis disk director.Otherwise windows just won't install. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nad Posted October 22, 2007 Author Share Posted October 22, 2007 FDisk was used when i first set up the computer about 1 year ago. Will partition magic do the job or does Acronis have some special features to evade this error?Thanks for repliesNad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponch Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 F: Is the CD/DVD drive for the computer whilst in DOS.All partitions are NTFS.I think your disk is too big (>137Gig) and not propery seen by your "launch system", that could be why there's a missing partition as well (F: that's now the CD). I can't think of a solution now cause that wine is very good , but I think that's the way to go. What DOS do you boot into to see NTFS partitions ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nad Posted October 23, 2007 Author Share Posted October 23, 2007 The DOS from the Windows 98 Boot Disc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twig123 Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 My question is... why are you booting from a floppy into DOS... when the XP CD is bootable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nad Posted October 23, 2007 Author Share Posted October 23, 2007 (edited) My question is... why are you booting from a floppy into DOS... when the XP CD is bootable?I use a backup copy of my XP disc. I lost my XP disc a while back and use a backup of it which I made after I purchased it using Nero. Edited October 23, 2007 by Nad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twig123 Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 (edited) Why 98 boot disk... instead of an XP boot disks??http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310994 Edited October 23, 2007 by twig123 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponch Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 The DOS from the Windows 98 Boot DiscFrom what I remember, that floppy can't read NTFS, so I can't understand why the CDROM is F: but can you see anything on the C: drive when booting that floppy ???. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nad Posted October 24, 2007 Author Share Posted October 24, 2007 Why 98 boot disk... instead of an XP boot disks??http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310994I only have 3 floppys. Hmm, i might have to try that if I can get a pack of floppies (No one sells them these days).Ill see if the BIOS allows booting from USB devices because I could copy the boot disc onto my USB memory pen and try it with that?The DOS from the Windows 98 Boot DiscFrom what I remember, that floppy can't read NTFS, so I can't understand why the CDROM is F: but can you see anything on the C: drive when booting that floppy ???.Should a I try the tree command on C: to see if the above suggestion works?Regards,Nad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twig123 Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Why 98 boot disk... instead of an XP boot disks??http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310994I only have 3 floppys. Hmm, i might have to try that if I can get a pack of floppies (No one sells them these days).Um... Simple Solution...Make the first 3 disks in the set.. start booting off the first... when it asks for #2 insert it.. #3 ditto.... then.. take them back to the system that is creating the disks... and resume making the rest, overwriting the first 3 disks... Much simpler than buying more useless floppys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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