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XP Pro loading question; PLEASE HHHEEELLLPPPP!!!!

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RKS

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I have an older system that runs XP PRO pretty well. I had two HDDs of 30 (5400) and 15 (7200) gb respectively. I decided to replace these with 2x 120 gb WD HDDs and reload windows. Here is what happens now:

BIOS recognizes the 2 HDDs and the 2 optical drives

XP Pro starts to load from cd-rom

Starts UP begins loading the basic Setup Files

but when the message at the bottom of the screen gets to: Setup is Starting Windows

my LCD goes blank and goes into standby (Green button turns yellow)

I have tried to load with just the basics: 1 hdd/ 1 cd-rom/video card/1 stick of 512 mb ram with the same results. I have even tried 2 different XP Pro disks.

Please Help...This system ran just fine but won't load XP PRO with the new HDDs.

edit: I have even tried the 6 XP PRO start-up disk approach.

edit(2): I have not formatted these drive, just simply plugged and prayed. IS this incorrect with XP PRO?



 
Try installing with only 1 drive connected, and see what happens.....you can format and partition drive with xp.
if that doesn't resolve anything.....since you mention "older" system, it's possible you need a BIOS update from your board manufacturer.
 
I have tried to load with just the basics: 1 hdd/ 1 cd-rom/video card/1 stick of 512 mb ram with the same results.

I have even tried 2 different XP Pro disks.
 
then check out what board ya have and see what BIOS updates are available....possible that the board has problems with large HD's.


guess i should read better....if board sees drives ok.....then forget what i said about the BIOS....😱
 
lol, just tried it..... same problem. 😕

i am now changing the video card and trying to load with an analog instead of dvi connection

edit: seems to be working now. :beer:

does dvi not work in a new XP Pro install?????????
 
It *should*, but the WinXP disk may not have proper drivers for your video card, especially if it's a dual-output card. You didn't mention what kind of card it is, so this is just speculation.
 
Originally posted by: Matthias99
It *should*, but the WinXP disk may not have proper drivers for your video card, especially if it's a dual-output card. You didn't mention what kind of card it is, so this is just speculation.
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it was (is) an Asus ti4200. btw I tried it both in analog and dvi form but XP Pro would not complete the install.

 
I experienced something similar. In Bios, try to set the 'interrupt mode' from PIC to APIC or vise-versa see if that does it for you....

GL
 
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