dont know where to start but system specs are in sig and my HDD is an oldschool Fujitsu MPD3084AT. 8.4g 5400 ata/33. seriesly slow, i know. but on a budget for next few months....paying back school loans is a $@#%$#.
with that said. i can post and get into bios and set everything up fine. but once i go to install xp pro, legit copy it STALLS on the last part "Finalizing insallation" "setup will complete in aprox 9 mins" and it is -saving the settings-. it has been here for 1hr 29 mins now. this is the second time i have done a full reformat. and if i cancel and restart install i get blue screens of death saying there is an device error.
my mobo manual says it will support my UDMA ata/33 hdd.
is there something im missing with my system being all new and 64bit but my OS and HDD not being that? i dont know if there are any settings i need to change...it all should be automatic.
i guess waiting longer for the OS install to finish wont hurt anything. maybe since my HDD is so slow 33mb/s it will jsut take forever.
does anybody have some words of or helpful hints. i know i should get a new HDD, i will by july for sure. but for now i need to have my comp working.
thanks
with that said. i can post and get into bios and set everything up fine. but once i go to install xp pro, legit copy it STALLS on the last part "Finalizing insallation" "setup will complete in aprox 9 mins" and it is -saving the settings-. it has been here for 1hr 29 mins now. this is the second time i have done a full reformat. and if i cancel and restart install i get blue screens of death saying there is an device error.
my mobo manual says it will support my UDMA ata/33 hdd.
is there something im missing with my system being all new and 64bit but my OS and HDD not being that? i dont know if there are any settings i need to change...it all should be automatic.
i guess waiting longer for the OS install to finish wont hurt anything. maybe since my HDD is so slow 33mb/s it will jsut take forever.
does anybody have some words of or helpful hints. i know i should get a new HDD, i will by july for sure. but for now i need to have my comp working.
thanks
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