Ahg! anyone else out there experienced this?

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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

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Though Here's the thing, I unplugged the 160 and it still did it...

Andrew E. wrote:
> You can't have another hd plugged in to any of the IDE extensions but the
> one youre trying to install xp on to.
>
> "Ben" wrote:
>
>
>>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
>>

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Advice to you.

Don't give any advice!

--
Regards,

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)

If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!


"Andrew E." <eckrichco@msn.com> wrote in message
news:5EAABEA7-0DB7-4146-9F77-83F844889670@microsoft.com...
> You can't have another hd plugged in to any of the IDE extensions but the
> one youre trying to install xp on to.
>
> "Ben" wrote:
>
>> 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
>>