Help Neede @ My Life End With Cf & Xp

**scooby8272** · 11-11-2005, 06:02 AM

Yeah i am a n00b and i have searched but i need help.

I am 4 CF cards and a few CF-IDE connectors down and alot of money down the drain lighter.

I cant install XP and get it running on CF.
SP13000.
Kingston high speed 4BG CF.
Tranquil pc IDE-CF Adapter.

1:-I have tried to install stright to CF but i cant get the paging file active so i cant update windows or install net-framework,autoroute etc etc

2:-I have installed onto a normal harddrive and then tried to ghost it over, cant get it to work. closest i get it is stuck on the window screen.

HOW THE HELL DO I DO IT !!!! after 15 installs of window 98, ME, XP , XP PRO, XP HOME, XP TALBLET, XP CORP etc etc ...

Please help noob newbie to achive his goal. MAYBE AN IDIOTS GUIDE.

Thanks in advance from the UK

**Enforcer** · 11-11-2005, 06:15 AM

Bloody hell, weve had double posting before and even three, but four in the same forum??????

Edit make that 5

**Fox_Mulder** · 11-11-2005, 06:17 AM

Posting the same thing 5 times is not a good way to attract attention around here!

**scooby8272** · 11-11-2005, 06:26 AM

Sorry my PC froze and as usual i hit send a number of times...

SORRY GUYS Please help...was not done on purpose

**Fox_Mulder** · 11-11-2005, 06:30 AM

As long as it wasn't intentional!
I dont know too much about installing windows on a cf card but here goes:
It seems windows has a problem with the page file being on the cf card, this may be because the cf card has a limited number of read/write cycles. But then windows should just treat it as any normal drive and just use it untill it eventually dies from to many reads/writes.

It's a mystery to me!

**Enforcer** · 11-11-2005, 06:31 AM

Originally Posted by Fox_Mulder

It's a mystery to me!

**Fox_Mulder** · 11-11-2005, 06:39 AM

Originally Posted by Enforcer

truth being out there
a conspiarcy

I was waiting till I had some proof of aliens (and of course the government) preventing him from loading XP on the CF Card

**jcdillin** · 11-11-2005, 07:05 AM

You can install windows onto the drive, but you must get a utility from the card maker to switch it to fixed disk mode so that windows will not freak out on it. The other thing your going to need to do is install EWF (Enhanced Write Filter) or your cards are going to be dead within a few days.

If you can find it your much better of going with Windows XP embedded, i've got it running on a 1gb flash card with no problems at all.

**SFiorito** · 11-11-2005, 08:33 AM

http://osf1.gmu.edu/~sfiorito/eXPinstall.htm

**scooby8272** · 11-11-2005, 09:41 AM

Is the embedded way a big hasstle.
I just want the pc running with miniml apps.
can somebody point me to the link which is entiled " how to install windows xp to cf in easy steps"

Worth a try

cheers