Recent content by rainchill

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    Serious Hardware Issues

    To me it doesn't seem like a software problem. Download prime95 from http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft.htm and run its tourture test. It will tell you if you start to get bad results from its number crunching. If it crashes the machine just like the games do then it is most likely a power...
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    Format /mbr not working...

    no problem.
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    Format /mbr not working...

    no, when you boot from the winxp disc, you get the normal DOS preinstall bluescreen environment. The first list of options will let you choose to enter the recovery console by pressing "r"
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    Format /mbr not working...

    the fixmbr command does it for you
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    Format /mbr not working...

    I think I've run into something similar to this before. Try booting from your winxp disc, go to the recovery console and run "fixmbr" then try to install win2k again.