so i tried formating the harddrive about 3 times... tried installing windows 98 and upgrading to XP ,, but no luck now the problem is when i try to install XP it loads all the drivers but right at the "starting windows setup" screen,, it freezes and nothing...

it very difficult to find anything about IDE (PATA) problems. At first, I thought it must be a motherboard driver problem, but the drive IS being recognised by the BIOS. Its only when I get to the windows setup that I have a problem. I've even run a third...

second (maybe related problem) is if I go Control Panel ---> Add/Remove Programs --->Windows Set-up The dialogue box briefly (too briefly to actually read) appears which says "Please wait while Windows searches for installed components", and then the...

Ken, The setupx error when accessing Windows Setup and the problem you are having with an empty Add/Remove Programs pane have different causes. For your problem see MS KB 240348 - "All Installed Programs May Not Be Displayed in the Add/Remove Programs...

Wierd setup problem, get rid of dual boot. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.setup_upgrade () My wife's computer is set up to dual-boot Windows 2000 Pro and Win 98; she uses the computer for architectural drafting with Autocad, and for Internet...

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file found in I386 folder in windows setup,now i know why i am getting it cos after i tried installing windows again all i could do is use Setup to load windows file on HD but after it reboots to to finish off the other part of installation it couldn't do that...

windows 2000 setup problem. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.setup_upgrade () hi... I'm upgrading to windows 2000 but I have problem intalling it to this system. processor -> celeron 633Mhz motherboard -> JETWAY 920BF HHD -> 40Gig 7200rpm...

Windows XP Setup / GRUB problem, PLS HELP!!!. I'm having a problem with windows setup, when I power up, I get the "Press any key to boot from cd", which I do, then I get the "Windows setup is detecting your system's hardware ", then, instead of the blue loading...

Help Please ,, Problem with Windows setup and safe mode. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support () WE were trying to do a repair of our windows application after having some problems with a virus...