- Jan 9, 2007
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I happen to be one of those low-budgeted people you hear about, who don't have $1200(or even $350) to spend on a new computer. So, I am trying to build a computer for my parents with spare parts. However, I cannot get WinXP to even fully install. After the file transfer from the CD(the blue screen of undeath); it restarts, POSTs, asks to boot off of CD, then goes blank with a flashing cursor(there's also a curser watching this cursor).
Quick answers to possible questions:
I did also try it after removing the CD.
The hard-drive does work when slaved to a working drive.
The hard-drive boots to XP on a different computer, a GateWay Pentium II. While that is preferable to using a Pentium 4, it is unacceptable.
The drive does this with another similiar model(both desktop Pressario 5000 series), it exhibited the same behavior with two Pentium III boxes(Gateway e-4200, full-tower and mini-tower versions) and a Pentium III Celeron box(desktop Pavillion 6645c. Ironically, this is the PC the drive came from-with Win98 SE installed).
It DID work with a custom-build Athlon 1200 box.
I have several other drives that do the same thing.
I do not have any installation disks other than XP. However, I do have the COE stickers for two Win ME's(I am assuming that this means that I legally own those copies, correct?)
Any help would be greatly appreciated,
-Murphy
Quick answers to possible questions:
I did also try it after removing the CD.
The hard-drive does work when slaved to a working drive.
The hard-drive boots to XP on a different computer, a GateWay Pentium II. While that is preferable to using a Pentium 4, it is unacceptable.
The drive does this with another similiar model(both desktop Pressario 5000 series), it exhibited the same behavior with two Pentium III boxes(Gateway e-4200, full-tower and mini-tower versions) and a Pentium III Celeron box(desktop Pavillion 6645c. Ironically, this is the PC the drive came from-with Win98 SE installed).
It DID work with a custom-build Athlon 1200 box.
I have several other drives that do the same thing.
I do not have any installation disks other than XP. However, I do have the COE stickers for two Win ME's(I am assuming that this means that I legally own those copies, correct?)
Any help would be greatly appreciated,
-Murphy