Hitachi Deskstar 80GB - Safe Keeping
Aug 28, 2007
I'm new to this forum.I have installed XP cleanly on several machines but I have now run into an issue.Machine: Self built MB: epox 8RDA3+ CPU: AMD Athlon XP 2700+
1 GB RAM.This past weekend I decided to do a clean install of XP Pro to freshen things up after having my kids install random stuff over the past two years. I took out the current master for safe keeping and made the current slave the new master.The new master is a Hitachi Deskstar 80GB (IDE) drive that was working fine as the old slave.The BIOS sees this drive correctly (size and model #)
During the fresh install from CD, I can get through the following without issues:
1) Boot from C2) Have the install see the drive and ask me where it should install windows.3) Delete the current partition and format the drive (NTFS)4) copies all install files to HD.5) tells me it will reboot in 10...9.. 8.. etc
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Feb 11, 2010
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Oct 22, 2006
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The system then tells me that format cannot run because the volume is in use by another process. It attempts to dismount the volume by forcing a dismount and fails. It tells me it cannot lock the drive and the volume is still in use. I also tried switching the BIOS order so that the system boots from CD-Rom with both a XP install cd and a Vista install DVD with no luck. The Vista DVD fails to load and the XP leads to a blank blinking prompt. Again, I don't need anything on the computer, is there any way I can whipe this machine clean and re-install windows? Thanks so much for having a look.
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My system specs are....
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Mar 26, 2010
i have similar problem mentioned here URL... but the only difference is that i can use the PC normally without any problem. it gets BSOD only when i try to goto safemode by pressing f8 it says STOP 0x0000007B 0xF789E524 0xC000034 0x00000000 0x00000000
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Jan 11, 2009
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Jun 1, 2006
When I used Win98 SE, I always defregged in safe mode. (Sorry, not sure where I read that was better) . So I just wanted to ask any of you as I am now using WinXP does it make any difference how you defrag?
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Mar 3, 2006
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