On 2010/10/15 21:42 (GMT-0400) Mark Misulich composed:
what happened was that I was using a Dell install disk from the original computer. It would start out white on black, then go to white on blue and begin setup. Then, it would go to a blue screen of death.
I don't remember exactly what it said, but it was something along the lines of "There is a problem with the hard drive, it has a virus or another problem. I don't remember what the other specified problem was, but it was something reasonably serious and also improbable. The hard drive is a brand new Seagate 500GB hard drive.
Not improbable at all. AFAIR, original XP media had no drivers to support SATA. IIRC it was around SP1 that XP media began supporting SATA. Also AFAIR, original XP media also could not install to a partition extending above 128G (ATA6 with 48bit LBA came after), and its partitioner wouldn't work on a disk
128G either. The original media could be used for SATA if you provided a required driver via floppy or whatever else was supported at F6 time. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation)
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