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I've been scouring the web the last couple hours to no avail... So i'm
posting here
Well, here's the deal. I've been dual-booting Windows XP home SP2 and
linux(with Grub) on my computer for awhile now, but I got a copy of Pro
from my school(MSDNAA)and i'm installing it on a new 160 gig drive I
just bought. Well, I disconnected my 80 gig so that windows doesn't see
it because I still wanted to be able to boot into it, no problems
installing just problems dual booting from the other drive, And I figure
it has to do with the fact that the 80 gig wasn't plugged in when I
installed pro, So I put in the pro cd and reboot to install windows with
the 80 gig plugged in this time.
Here's my problem, I get to "Setup is inspecting your computer's
configuration..." and I see that for a few seconds when the screen goes
blank with the HD access light non-stop on. Now here's whats weird, I
disconnected the 160 gig, still does it, But if I disconnect the 80 gig,
it works normally. Any ideas?
Also, My 160 gig is on a seperate PCI IDE controller, and the 80 gig is
on the motherboard, Don't know if this could affect it
Thanks ahead of time,
-Ben
I've been scouring the web the last couple hours to no avail... So i'm
posting here
Well, here's the deal. I've been dual-booting Windows XP home SP2 and
linux(with Grub) on my computer for awhile now, but I got a copy of Pro
from my school(MSDNAA)and i'm installing it on a new 160 gig drive I
just bought. Well, I disconnected my 80 gig so that windows doesn't see
it because I still wanted to be able to boot into it, no problems
installing just problems dual booting from the other drive, And I figure
it has to do with the fact that the 80 gig wasn't plugged in when I
installed pro, So I put in the pro cd and reboot to install windows with
the 80 gig plugged in this time.
Here's my problem, I get to "Setup is inspecting your computer's
configuration..." and I see that for a few seconds when the screen goes
blank with the HD access light non-stop on. Now here's whats weird, I
disconnected the 160 gig, still does it, But if I disconnect the 80 gig,
it works normally. Any ideas?
Also, My 160 gig is on a seperate PCI IDE controller, and the 80 gig is
on the motherboard, Don't know if this could affect it
Thanks ahead of time,
-Ben