i wanted dual boot but there was an error in installing an OS on a partition of 1 of my 2 HDDs
my HDDs wouldnt boot up after that, neither of them (1 of them already contained an OS)
so, i used a program from a cd to wipe and format my HDDs to NTFS so nothing is currently on them
when i put in vista installation cd, i go through the first 2 screens (from that website) but instead of going to the activation code screen, it tells me CD/DVD driver is missing, or some kind of device driver is missing (im pretty sure its CD /DVD tho)
and it wont let me get to the 3rd screen
so i extract the contents of the vista cd and put it on an external 80GB HDD
i boot that, this time it allows me to get past that error, it takes me throught the activation code
when i get to screen 5, the only device/drives that show up are the partitions of my external HDD
so this is where i am now
what is the problem?
it detects my optical drive and both HDDs in the bios
do i need to get a new HDD? mobo?
p.s. ive tried installing xp, but it gives me the blue screen of death after the 2nd screen
