[resolved] reinstalling windows ME

ea99 · 04-28-2005, 05:20 PM

I am trying to format my hard drive and reinstall windows on my micron pc. I reformatted and am now trying to boot the computer from the windows recovery cd I have. It worked for a few seconds but now I keep getting an message that it can't read drive A. Why is it trying to read drive A? How can I get it to stop this and to finish installing windows?

**norin** · 04-28-2005, 05:51 PM

A is usually the Driver letter assigned to your floppy drive. do you need any floppies when installing? or do you know if there are any driver diskettes that are with the reboot CD? could it be that your FDD cables are disconnected?

ea99 · 04-28-2005, 07:49 PM

thanks for trying to help. i did figure it out though. i just chose manual install instead of automatic and it magically worked. ha

**norin** · 04-28-2005, 08:21 PM

awesome. glad to see things are working out for you. come back if you have any issues.

04-28-2005, 05:20 PM	#1 (permalink)
ea99 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 2 OS: me	reinstalling windows ME I am trying to format my hard drive and reinstall windows on my micron pc. I reformatted and am now trying to boot the computer from the windows recovery cd I have. It worked for a few seconds but now I keep getting an message that it can't read drive A. Why is it trying to read drive A? How can I get it to stop this and to finish installing windows?

04-28-2005, 05:51 PM	#2 (permalink)
norin TSF Veteran Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: L-Town, Maine Posts: 1,748 OS: WinXP Pro SP3 My System	A is usually the Driver letter assigned to your floppy drive. do you need any floppies when installing? or do you know if there are any driver diskettes that are with the reboot CD? could it be that your FDD cables are disconnected? __________________

04-28-2005, 07:49 PM	#3 (permalink)
ea99 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 2 OS: me	thanks for trying to help. i did figure it out though. i just chose manual install instead of automatic and it magically worked. ha Last edited by ea99; 04-28-2005 at 07:53 PM.

04-28-2005, 08:21 PM	#4 (permalink)
norin TSF Veteran Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: L-Town, Maine Posts: 1,748 OS: WinXP Pro SP3 My System	awesome. glad to see things are working out for you. come back if you have any issues. __________________