Having trouble installing windows

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anil8r2003

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I just bought a new computer and it doesn't have any os system installed on it. and everytime i try to install windows xp mce 2005 it goes into Caldera DR-DOS 7.03 and says using DPMS Dos protected mode services and it gives me four options /MLX /BL=16 / Lend=on / delay=off and evertime i type a command in it says command or file name not recognized. i don't know much about computers but i've tried pretty much everything i could do.does anyone know how i could fix this any help would be greatly appreciated.
 
Praetor

Praetor

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Im slightly confused .... so you put the MCE2005 CD in the drive, boot off it and it bumps you to Caldera...?
 
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anil8r2003

New Member
Praetor said:
Im slightly confused .... so you put the MCE2005 CD in the drive, boot off it and it bumps you to Caldera...?
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Yeah everytime i put the mce 2005 disk in it launchs into caldera dr-dos 7.03 and i set everthing in the bios to boot from the cd-rom first. but it still won't boot up it just gives me four options but evertime i type in a command it says file name or command not recognized. i don't know what's wrong with it.
 
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Amma Wario

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Type: your cd drive then:

eg: D:\I386\WINNT.EXE
Make sure your drive is partitionned and has a file system first

Oh befor I froget, make sure that SMARTDRV is enabled. Else it will work, but 5hrs min. it will take to get you in the actual setup
 
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anil8r2003

New Member
Amma Wario said:
Type: your cd drive then:

eg: D:\I386\WINNT.EXE
Make sure your drive is partitionned and has a file system first

Oh befor I froget, make sure that SMARTDRV is enabled. Else it will work, but 5hrs min. it will take to get you in the actual setup
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I partitioned the hard drive and enabled hdd s.m.a.r.t but now when i type in the cd drive B: it says (not ready error reading drive b) and it gives me 3 choices (Abort, Retry, Fail) and every time i type retry it says the same thing.
 
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anil8r2003

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Amma Wario said:
Are you sure your CD drive is B:? TYhe default drive would be D:. Try it
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I tried the D: drive but now evertime i type in eg: D:\I386\WINNT.EXE it says command or file name not recognized.
 
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