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I've tried everything. I used AutoStreamer and it won't recognize my Dell copy of XP. I tried nLite and it burns a copy but after trying to download SP2 from Microsoft and from a CD I still get usbehci.sys corrupted, I'm running out of CD's since I've tried this 10 or 12 times. I tried gparted and I don't know where to download it from that will make it boot from something other than a DOS program. I'm not a computer whiz and know DOS or I wouldn't be here. Unless someone can help me figure out where I've gone wrong, must be somewhere since obviously someone has done this befor or either everyone is having a big laugh at the dummy that is tagging along, I will have to format the unallocated space and give it another drive letter.

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What are you trying to do?

Are you trying to restore an existing Dell machine?

Are you trying to install a Dell OEM on a machine thats not a Dell?

Are you trying to slipstream a CD?

You've told us what you've tried, but what exactlly are you trying to do?

Does this mystery machine have any specs?

You need to supply more information or else you'll get advice that has nothing to do with solving your problem?


Message edited by 4ryan6 on 07-18-2008 at 03:29:07 AM
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I guess I should have added the other threads I wrote to this forum. I have bought all the parts from NewEgg. Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L, Seagate 400gb HDD Sata, Asus Sata CD/DVD, 2X1gb memory, Dual pentium E6400 Conroe 2.13 GHz. Now, had purchased my Dell copy on-line and used it with another computer that of course had smaller HDD. 200 I believe with no problem, at least I don't recall. Anyway, upon transfering the Copy of XP to this comoputer I found that it was only recognizing 127 gb of the new HDD, the 400gb sata. Upon research I found that was a common problem with XP copies befor they had SP2 in them all ready. So, I started researching and found slipstreaming SP2 into the copy of XP should resplve this problem with a new install with SP2 allready in the program. Upon slipstreaming several different ways the only way I found that even come close was nLite and that's where I ran into my problem with the install starting to load drivers but when it came to the usbehci.sys it stopped with an error of it being corrupted. I used SP2 from the downloaded version online and from a hard copy CD. The same each time. I tried Autostreamer and it would recognize my Dell copy. Tried the long version that was shown on this site :

http://www.winsupersite.com/showca [...] stream.asp

and I couldn't find the .img in my copy to make sure it was a good bootable copy we were making. SO, there's where I stand. The nLite is the simpliest but it has the one problem that I found, since it stopped there, there could be others past it that I didn't get to.


Message edited by chuckp7860 on 07-19-2008 at 04:52:52 PM
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