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littlebuddie · 06-23-2009, 11:42 AM

Hello Everyone,
I will make this brief to start with and no doubt will inadvertently leave out information that may be important for troubleshooting. Here goes:

I used KILLDISK on my hard drive (NTFS) last week and I can't set up XP now. I have used KILLDISK about 5 times in the past and never had a problem reinstalling Windows 95 or XP before now. Basically, the computer does not acknowledge drive D: , which is my DVD drive. I get messages such as:

"Not Ready Reading Drive D" , "Volume In Drive D Has no Label", "Fail on INT 24", "Boot From ATAPI CD-ROM: Failure" and the "Missing Operating System" message. I thought I could have solved the problem when I located and installed the 6 floppy XP Start up Disks. However, on reboot to drive D:\ from drive A:\ as I attempt to install my LEGAL Windows XP OS I have repeated failure messages. I understand boot order in BIOS and that's not the problem. Drive C:\ is not recognized either ("missing operating system" message). I only have drive A:\ with which to work with at this juncture.

Do I need a specific driver to get my Toshiba DVD to kick off? I thought XP startup took care of that. How can I get the computer to realize the DVD is physically there? XP installation will not go forward without it.. Do I need to partition my hard drive? ............... I am sincerely grateful for any suggestions that are offered! Many Thanks!

06-23-2009, 11:42 AM	#1 (permalink)
littlebuddie Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 9 OS: XP	Drive D:\ Missing After Hard Drive Erase Hello Everyone, I will make this brief to start with and no doubt will inadvertently leave out information that may be important for troubleshooting. Here goes: I used KILLDISK on my hard drive (NTFS) last week and I can't set up XP now. I have used KILLDISK about 5 times in the past and never had a problem reinstalling Windows 95 or XP before now. Basically, the computer does not acknowledge drive D: , which is my DVD drive. I get messages such as: "Not Ready Reading Drive D" , "Volume In Drive D Has no Label", "Fail on INT 24", "Boot From ATAPI CD-ROM: Failure" and the "Missing Operating System" message. I thought I could have solved the problem when I located and installed the 6 floppy XP Start up Disks. However, on reboot to drive D:\ from drive A:\ as I attempt to install my LEGAL Windows XP OS I have repeated failure messages. I understand boot order in BIOS and that's not the problem. Drive C:\ is not recognized either ("missing operating system" message). I only have drive A:\ with which to work with at this juncture. Do I need a specific driver to get my Toshiba DVD to kick off? I thought XP startup took care of that. How can I get the computer to realize the DVD is physically there? XP installation will not go forward without it.. Do I need to partition my hard drive? ............... I am sincerely grateful for any suggestions that are offered! Many Thanks!