help, having trouble installing windows!

threats

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http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=27&threadid=1531308&enterthread=y

thats my previous thread , ima put it here cuase it anit getting much attention in the general hardware forums.

so basically im having issues installing windows. windows starts up , then loads everything
then i get to the hardrive formatting , this is where i start getting errors. the errors say something about not having adequte disk space ( i have a 120 sata). also it says something about there might be a problem with somesort of driver or component. if this helps, this screen is all blue with white letters.

any help is apriciated, thanks!
 

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cuase it anit getting much attention in the general hardware forums.
WTH do you mean? :frown: People have been tripping over eachother trying to help you out, newbie. Cross-posting is a faux pas and certainly not necessary, you'll get plenty of help in General Hardware if you start cooperating with your helpers a little. Develop some patience, follow advice step-by-step and give feedback on the results, and use some punctuation so people can stand to read your posts.

From your other thread, it sounds like you've been doing several very hazardous things like hot-plugging your ATA cables, and resetting your CMOS with the system on (!). So it's possible that you've damaged your hardware. Might be worth it to take the whole kaboodle to a local computer shop and ask them to try setting up Windows on it for you. If you have a spare PATA hard drive laying around, you might also try setting up Windows on that as a fact-finding step.
 

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Originally posted by: mechBgon
cuase it anit getting much attention in the general hardware forums.
WTH do you mean? :frown: People have been tripping over eachother trying to help you out, newbie. Cross-posting is a faux pas and certainly not necessary, you'll get plenty of help in General Hardware if you start cooperating with your helpers a little. Develop some patience, follow advice step-by-step and give feedback on the results, and use some punctuation so people can stand to read your posts.

From your other thread, it sounds like you've been doing several very hazardous things like hot-plugging your ATA cables, and resetting your CMOS with the system on (!). So it's possible that you've damaged your hardware. Might be worth it to take the whole kaboodle to a local computer shop and ask them to try setting up Windows on it for you. If you have a spare PATA hard drive laying around, you might also try setting up Windows on that as a fact-finding step.


sorry guy , i didnt reset cmos and hot-plug things when the computer was on.
also its hard to have patience when u have school and work to go , i dont have all the time in the world to sit on my computer , but thanks for ur help !! keep them comming guys.