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Well, guys, I did it! I have installed the OS, installed all the of the critical updates, Office, and virus software. I am proceeding with all of my other software. I want to thank each and every one of you for your assistance and your patience with this rookie.

Well, guys, I did it! I have installed the OS, installed all the of the critical updates, Office, and virus software. I am proceeding with all of my other software. I want to thank each and every one of you for your assistance and your patience with this rookie.

No, no one messed with the zip. I had my tech support mgr from work clean up my system after a bad bout at a computer shop. He was distracted that day, and didn’t select the hard drive, and the zip drive took over, and the hard drive got set as f:. Wish me luck………..hopefully you guys will hear from me later today………..

No, no one messed with the zip. I had my tech support mgr from work clean up my system after a bad bout at a computer shop. He was distracted that day, and didn’t select the hard drive, and the zip drive took over, and the hard drive got set as f:. Wish me luck………..hopefully you guys will hear from me later today………..

Can’t I do it without opening up the system? I know absolutely NOTHING about reconnecting drives. I do not want to make any fatal errors.

Can’t I do it without opening up the system? I know absolutely NOTHING about reconnecting drives. I do not want to make any fatal errors.

I am just concerned, because of the KB article and what happened this last time. If you don’t closely monitor the install, the setup sets the zip as the c: drive and f: as the system drive. However, in my case, the zip is showing as the g: drive and I have no C: drive at all. Wish me luck. If you guys don’t hear from me, it’s because I have blown up my system on my first attempt to do this myself.

I am just concerned, because of the KB article and what happened this last time. If you don’t closely monitor the install, the setup sets the zip as the c: drive and f: as the system drive. However, in my case, the zip is showing as the g: drive and I have no C: drive at all. Wish me luck. If you guys don’t hear from me, it’s because I have blown up my system on my first attempt to do this myself.

Microsoft Knowledge Base Article – 304776-Windows Setup Detects an Installed Zip Drive as a Hard Disk-This is what happened when the tech reinstalled WXP.

Microsoft Knowledge Base Article – 304776-Windows Setup Detects an Installed Zip Drive as a Hard Disk-This is what happened when the tech reinstalled WXP.

I want to be able to reload Win XP Pro without physically disabling the zip. Isn’t there a way in set up to make sure that the hard drive is selected as the c: drive?

I want to be able to reload Win XP Pro without physically disabling the zip. Isn’t there a way in set up to make sure that the hard drive is selected as the c: drive?

I haven’t installed any software yet, but I can’t take my system in again to have XP loaded. I have never done a fresh install before. Is there somewhere that has step by step instructions. I don’t want to mess up everything including existing drivers and such. I am not a rookie, but this is beyond me in many ways.

I haven’t installed any software yet, but I can’t take my system in again to have XP loaded. I have never done a fresh install before. Is there somewhere that has step by step instructions. I don’t want to mess up everything including existing drivers and such. I am not a rookie, but this is beyond me in many ways.

Okay…I fixed it by booting from the CD and using the bootcfg command to create a new boot.ini file.