Recent content by Xeyes

It's not about reliable and stable. If you are always going to boot off your HD, then it can be set as your first boot device. That will get you the fastest bootup (it takes time to check each source for an OS to boot). If something goes wrong then you can change the BIOS to boot off...

Hmmm Missed your edit :) When you boot off the CD, XP should give you a choice of overwriting the existing OS (which is what you want). You shouldn't have to erase anything. And, no, a full disk erase would mean (since you don't have a working OS yet) booting off a floppy, and using that to...

Depends on the chipset on your board. I'm scanning another support forum now dealing with an Asus setup. --------------------------------quote--------------- Why do i have to install a RAID-driver to install XP? My drive is on the SATA1?It's because the mobo you chose, only supports RAID...

He already has his HD set as first boot, so if the install took properly it should be booting. Still, changing the boot order as you said is a good idea :) -------------------------------------------- From another MB (shuttle) website: 1. Boot up from CD-ROM with Win2000/XP CD 2. The...