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Nemesis · 19-08-2003, 08:23

What about the HD itself. It sounds like the initial part of the install went on OK. Just the reboot didn't carry on the installation.

Could be

* Memory
Could have faulty memory as previously mentioned

* HD Partition (previous probs with partitions over 2 Gig)
There have been documented incidents with XP that show that installing on large drives causes problems.

* Video
The screen is black (?) could be a prob with the card switching modes.

If the IDE cable was wrong i.e using 40 when should be 80, the drive wouldn't be recognised, would it ?

Why not go back to basics and put a DOS partition on the machine. Prove some basic stuff b4 putting Windows on it ?

19-08-2003, 08:23	#38
Nemesis Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Surrey Age: 59 Services: Virgin stuff Posts: 6,407	What about the HD itself. It sounds like the initial part of the install went on OK. Just the reboot didn't carry on the installation. Could be * Memory Could have faulty memory as previously mentioned * HD Partition (previous probs with partitions over 2 Gig) There have been documented incidents with XP that show that installing on large drives causes problems. * Video The screen is black (?) could be a prob with the card switching modes. If the IDE cable was wrong i.e using 40 when should be 80, the drive wouldn't be recognised, would it ? Why not go back to basics and put a DOS partition on the machine. Prove some basic stuff b4 putting Windows on it ?