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When I get past the EULA it takes me to Windows Setup but only detects the OS on my C: drive, which is okay. When I click "install" it takes me to a window that shows all my existing partitions, including my damaged OS on D:. When I select D: it gives me options for formatting the partition...

Will it matter that the original install was windows xp home and the newly purchased disk is xp pro?

Do I have to use the original Windows O/S disk for recovery (it's old--service pack one vintage), or can I use my newly purchased Windows disk?

I boot from the CD, get as far as typing "r" for repair, then a black screen comes up (Windows XP Recovery Console) asking which disk I want to access. I select the disk and am asked to type the Administrator password. I type the password and Windows tells me it's the wrong password. For the...

I installed my ailing drive in another PC, set it as a slave, and booted from a master. The ailing drive worked fine as a slave. I disabled the master drive, rejumpered the Maxtor, and tried booting from the ailing drive in the new pc. Still no. I reset it as a slave and took a look around...

And the answer is: RAM. I offer that tidbit up just in case anybody else experiences a seemingly random series of blue screens after spending way too many hours plugging and unplugging and setting and resetting and installing and reinstalling and still holds out the hope that it'll work this...

What do I need to do to my new 250 gb HDD to get Windows XP Pro loaded onto it? I'm having trouble getting a format and partitions to stick. Thanks. shuttle sn45g v2 athlon xp 2700 1 gb corsair twinx 3200 250 gb hitachi ati radeon 2700

It was almost worth my computer expiring to get your page and all the links. What a gold mine. Thanks again.

Forgot to mention the drive is a two-plus-year-old 80 gig maxtor.

Thanks for the link. I'll run the diagnostics and report back.:)

After a trouble-free year of happy computer usage, I updated my anti-virus program (which has been updated regularly and worked fine for two years) and shut down. Two days later I restarted and never made it past the POST screen. Windows XP Home SP2 would not boot in safe or any other mode...

Start the Windows XP (SP1) box up, d-link wireless card finds d-link router and automatically connects to network. WHAT HAPPENS Surf two pages in IE (or Mozilla), or attempt to download anything (new virus definitions), and TCP/IP settings get changed to: 169.254.35.49, cutting my connection...