Partition for windows

ChrisQ0904 · 05-19-2008, 08:26 PM

So i got my carpc to work...kinda i have everything connected and i went to install windows and when i got to the partition part of it, it said i didnt have one so i went to create it by pressing c and entered the amount that i needed and pressed enter to create and nothing happened it just took me back to the screen that said i didnt have a partition and press c to create one.

HiJackZX1 · 05-20-2008, 06:28 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by ChrisQ0904

So i got my carpc to work...kinda i have everything connected and i went to install windows and when i got to the partition part of it, it said i didnt have one so i went to create it by pressing c and entered the amount that i needed and pressed enter to create and nothing happened it just took me back to the screen that said i didnt have a partition and press c to create one.

How big is the HDD? I have a 40 GB HDD, which is small if you take into account all the software, etc. I went with a 40 to avoid having to partition. All music and video will go on a seperate drive so I can take it in and out of the car. Are you planing on using 2 OSes?

ChrisQ0904 · 05-20-2008, 11:01 AM

the hdd is 120gb. and what is a oses? if its operating services then no i only plan to run xp

HiJackZX1 · 05-20-2008, 12:26 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by ChrisQ0904

the hdd is 120gb. and what is a oses? if its operating services then no i only plan to run xp

My bad, I meant Operating Systems. Wht not buy a 40GB HDD and use that for OS then use the 120 for strickly media.... Im not sure how others do it, maybe some1 else can chime in?

redcell3 · 05-21-2008, 08:20 PM

are you using the windows boot disc? is the bios set to boot from the cd? I'm pretty sure this isn't really an issue anymore, but if you are trying to partition the drive to fat16 it only allows up to 2gb per partition. Could you write down step by step what you are doing when you start the computer that way it is easier to diagnose the problem. computers can be finicky sometimes

wired48 · 05-21-2008, 10:25 PM

Two quick questions.

1 Are you using a slimline cd\dvd drive?

2 Do you have the hard drive and cd\dvd drive on the same ide cable?

ChrisQ0904 · 05-28-2008, 09:35 AM

1) yes
2) no

ChrisQ0904 · 06-04-2008, 06:47 PM

Hey everyone just want to let you know i got it working now and just finished installing windows and now im going to setup everything else. thank you all for your help. Oh and i think it ended up being bad ram because i ended up buying a new one and it worked.