i once upgraded from ME to XP w/o probs, and didn't have this prob. it also doesn't happen on other ppl's OEM comps.
i wanted to convert to NTFS, and was going to clean format my drive. i used the winxp boot disc to do this and install xp.
comp starts, POSTs, and then you get the "XP Loading" screen before xp loads. thats normal. but i get one more screen in there. its right before the "XP Loading" screen. i get a blank screen with a grey loading/progress bar at the bottom. the bar fills up and then i get to the "XP Loading" screen...... what is this grey progress bar? how can i get rid of it?
note: the progress bar is made up of the ASCII 'blocks'
other: i used the winxp disc to repartition the drive and make it ntfs, which in turn formatted it as well.
HDD: SCSI 1028MB Maxtor (old, for testing purposes).
My friend installed from boot disc but did no partitioning or formatting. he gets this bar too.
Any clues?
i wanted to convert to NTFS, and was going to clean format my drive. i used the winxp boot disc to do this and install xp.
comp starts, POSTs, and then you get the "XP Loading" screen before xp loads. thats normal. but i get one more screen in there. its right before the "XP Loading" screen. i get a blank screen with a grey loading/progress bar at the bottom. the bar fills up and then i get to the "XP Loading" screen...... what is this grey progress bar? how can i get rid of it?
note: the progress bar is made up of the ASCII 'blocks'
other: i used the winxp disc to repartition the drive and make it ntfs, which in turn formatted it as well.
HDD: SCSI 1028MB Maxtor (old, for testing purposes).
My friend installed from boot disc but did no partitioning or formatting. he gets this bar too.
Any clues?
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