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Forum : Windows XP Support
Downloading SP1 onto a brand new hard drive
From: dustysdaddy Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 10:52:02 -0700 A couple of days ago, my hard drive on my old E Machine died. I bought a new hard drive and installed it. Ran the system restore disks that came with the computer and now I get the error message Unmountable boot volume. I checked the install guide for the hard drive and it said that XP Service pack 1 was required for install. I couldnt find SP1 on the download site, found SP1a but doesnt load that one either. HELP! [Reply] Re: Downloading SP1 onto a brand new hard drive From: Leonard Grey Date: Mon, 04 May 2009 14:15:33 -0400 Service Pack 1 is /not/ needed for a clean install on a blank hard disk. In fact, Windows isn't needed. You could put Ubuntu on the disk if you wanted to (and many would recommend you do.) Here's where you can get help with eMachines system restore procedure: http://www.emachines.com/support/ --- Leonard Grey Errare humanum est dustysdaddy wrote: [Reply] Re: Downloading SP1 onto a brand new hard drive From: JS Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 15:25:38 -0400 When you used the "system restore disks" did it prompt you to partition and or format the new drive? -- JS http://www.pagestart.com "dustysdaddy" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message news:guest@unknown-email.com... [Reply] Re: Downloading SP1 onto a brand new hard drive From: smlunatick Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 12:43:23 -0700 (PDT) On May 4, 6:52=A0pm, dustysdaddy <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote: new the ed as but SP1a is SP1 without the Microsoft Java Virtual Machine, as Microsoft had lost the law suit that Sun had issued. As for you current problem, you need to know that the System Restore system was "generated" for the older failed hard drive drive. If you have not replaced it with a "similar" size hard drive, you may encounter this problem. It seems that the hard drive is larger that 128GB, which is why the manual states you require SP1. [Reply] Re: Downloading SP1 onto a brand new hard drive From: philo Date: Mon, 04 May 2009 15:09:42 -0500 dustysdaddy wrote: The issue is not sp1 Check fist to see if you jumpered the new driver properly... also: you restored the machine incorrectly or perhaps your original drive did not die...but you have a different H/W problem |
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