Solve : How to install windows on an empty hard drive??

1.	Solve : How to install windows on an empty hard drive??
Answer» I just had a virus that killed everything in my Hardrive. I formated it. Now, it is EMPTY. How do I re-install it now? It is plugged in the form of a external Harddrive. But, if I drive the windows CD in the other computer.. it is going to install itself on the other computer, not the the ONE I want.. HELP!!Please make it clear what happened. You have two computers. One BECAME infected and you removed the Hard-drive. You put the hard drive into another machine and formatted it. Is that right? If so, now you put the hard drive back into the machine that had been infected. START the machine with the XP CD in the CD-ROM reader. When you see the message you can press any key to start the installation. Boot to the OS cd and the install process will begin. Quote from: Geek-9pm on April 10, 2010, 07:43:03 PM Please make it clear what happened. You have two computers. One became infected and you removed the Hard-drive. You put the hard drive into another machine and formatted it. Is that right? If so, now you put the hard drive back into the machine that had been infected. Start the machine with the XP CD in the CD-ROM reader. When you see the message you can press any key to start the installation. Okay. I'll explain from the start. I have two computer at home. One of 'em got a virus. I had to formate it. So, I put the Hard Drive the one with the virus in a Case for internal hard drive. Plugged it to another computer. And I formated it. Now, it is empty. I have the CDs to install windows. But, I put the CDs into the CD-drive of my computer (that works) Windows will only install itself on the computer that works, not the empty Hard Drive... So, how to I install... a new exploitation system... on a empty hard Drive? Quote from: Allan on April 11, 2010, 04:49:32 AM Boot to the OS cd and the install process will begin. Windows must install on a internal drive. You can not install it on a hard drive in a box outside the computer on a USB. Well, you could, but if you knew how to do that you would not have come here, The empty hard drive has to be inside the PC and plugged into the normal interface cables. Quote from: Geek-9pm on April 11, 2010, 08:58:56 PM Well, you could, but if you knew how to do that you would not have come here, The empty hard drive has to be inside the PC and plugged into the normal interface cables. And, would you agree to help me out? By, you know, just explaining how? Since Windows OS's since WinME were designed this WAY for copyright reasons i'm afraid we can't assist with that... Quote from: patio on April 12, 2010, 03:52:14 PM Since Windows OS's since WinME were designed this way for copyright reasons i'm afraid we can't assist with that... Is there a way I can re-install it then?? Quote from: LeJer on April 13, 2010, 03:09:51 PM Is there a way I can re-install it then?? Put it back into the computer it came from. You were already told this. step 1. put the formated hard drive into the original computer step 2. put the instalation disk into that computer step 3. turn on the computer and it will ask if you want to start the instalation step 4. click yes step 5. tada

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I just had a virus that killed everything in my Hardrive.
I formated it. Now, it is EMPTY. How do I re-install it now?
It is plugged in the form of a external Harddrive.
But, if I drive the windows CD in the other computer.. it is going to install itself on the other computer, not the the ONE I want..

HELP!!Please make it clear what happened.
You have two computers.
One BECAME infected and you removed the Hard-drive. You put the hard drive into another machine and formatted it.
Is that right?
If so, now you put the hard drive back into the machine that had been infected. START the machine with the XP CD in the CD-ROM reader. When you see the message you can press any key to start the installation.
Boot to the OS cd and the install process will begin. Quote from: Geek-9pm on April 10, 2010, 07:43:03 PM

Please make it clear what happened.
You have two computers.
One became infected and you removed the Hard-drive. You put the hard drive into another machine and formatted it.
Is that right?
If so, now you put the hard drive back into the machine that had been infected. Start the machine with the XP CD in the CD-ROM reader. When you see the message you can press any key to start the installation.

Okay. I'll explain from the start.
I have two computer at home. One of 'em got a virus.
I had to formate it. So, I put the Hard Drive *the one with the virus* in a Case for internal hard drive.
Plugged it to another computer. And I formated it.
Now, it is empty.

I have the CDs to install windows. But, I put the CDs into the CD-drive of my computer (that works)
Windows will only install itself on the computer that works, not the empty Hard Drive...

So, how to I install... a new exploitation system... on a empty hard Drive? Quote from: Allan on April 11, 2010, 04:49:32 AM

Boot to the OS cd and the install process will begin.

Windows must install on a internal drive.
You can not install it on a hard drive in a box outside the computer on a USB.
Well, you could, but if you knew how to do that you would not have come here,
The empty hard drive has to be inside the PC and plugged into the normal interface cables. Quote from: Geek-9pm on April 11, 2010, 08:58:56 PM

Well, you could, but if you knew how to do that you would not have come here,
The empty hard drive has to be inside the PC and plugged into the normal interface cables.

And, would you agree to help me out?
By, you know, just explaining how? Since Windows OS's since WinME were designed this WAY for copyright reasons i'm afraid we can't assist with that... Quote from: patio on April 12, 2010, 03:52:14 PM

Since Windows OS's since WinME were designed this way for copyright reasons i'm afraid we can't assist with that...

Is there a way I can re-install it then?? Quote from: LeJer on April 13, 2010, 03:09:51 PM

Is there a way I can re-install it then??

Put it back into the computer it came from. You were already told this.
step 1. put the formated hard drive into the original computer
step 2. put the instalation disk into that computer
step 3. turn on the computer and it will ask if you want to start the instalation
step 4. click yes
step 5. tada

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