Couldn´t install Win XP Final
Hi, Just Spent 18 hours trying to upgrade from XP RC2 to the final version. I tried to look on several messageboards for some help on my problem, but I couldn´t find that either, so I thought I would post something about it here.
Hi,
Just Spent 18 hours trying to upgrade from XP RC2 to the final version.
I tried to look on several messageboards for some help on my problem, but I couldn´t find that either, so I thought I would post something about it here...
The problem was that when the installation has finished the first part, & then rebooting, it just stopped at the startup screeen (with the blue bars running)..The HD light was on for 3 seconds & then off for 3 seconds (the HD did not have any errors) for a few hours without anything happening
I tried every Raid driver from 1.03, to the newest v. 2 driver..tried to update the bios, took out everything from my pc, turned of USB, etc, etc, etc....and nothing helped.
Then I found out I could install XP on my second HD, so it could only be becuase that I use FAT32 on my second HD, and NTFS is running on my first HD.
So I converted from NTFS to FAT32 with Partition Magic 7 & then I had no problem installing XP on my HD
Just wanted to tell you guys that, becuase I have read that alot of ppl. has problems installing XP, and hope this will help.
My specs:
Abit kt7 raid
2*30GB IBM 75GXP in raid 0
900 Mhz TB
SB Live
Asus Gefore 2 GTS
Bpn
Just Spent 18 hours trying to upgrade from XP RC2 to the final version.
I tried to look on several messageboards for some help on my problem, but I couldn´t find that either, so I thought I would post something about it here...
The problem was that when the installation has finished the first part, & then rebooting, it just stopped at the startup screeen (with the blue bars running)..The HD light was on for 3 seconds & then off for 3 seconds (the HD did not have any errors) for a few hours without anything happening
I tried every Raid driver from 1.03, to the newest v. 2 driver..tried to update the bios, took out everything from my pc, turned of USB, etc, etc, etc....and nothing helped.
Then I found out I could install XP on my second HD, so it could only be becuase that I use FAT32 on my second HD, and NTFS is running on my first HD.
So I converted from NTFS to FAT32 with Partition Magic 7 & then I had no problem installing XP on my HD
Just wanted to tell you guys that, becuase I have read that alot of ppl. has problems installing XP, and hope this will help.
My specs:
Abit kt7 raid
2*30GB IBM 75GXP in raid 0
900 Mhz TB
SB Live
Asus Gefore 2 GTS
Bpn
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