Clean install of XP Pro Setups Errors

I just built a new computer and installed XP pro onto it. Everything was
working perfectly until I used a USB connector to attach my laptop harddrive
to it in order to transfer files. An error came up warning me about some
changed Registry problem but it always restarted faster than I could read the
whole thing. It restarted every time i turned it on so I figured my best bet
was to start over from scratch.
First I used the Windows Repair function from the Windows XP Setup (when
booting from the CD). I formatted the harddrive in NTSC format. Then I went
ahead and tried to install XP again as if there was nothing on the harddrive.
However, now when I go through the setup installation, it formats the
harddrive but then displays errors of numerous .dll files that could not be
setup correctly. It then asks to skip those files and continues, or quit
setup. Are there any suggestions on how to fix this so that I can install XP
again without problems? Does it help to hook up the harddrive in the newly
built computer to an older computer and format it that way? Any help would
be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Mike

so it worked OK before connecting to you laptop or old hard drive via an
usb/ide converter?

question? which one did you connect: to laptop or to the old drive via
USB/IDE converter?
if the latter, what happens when you plug in other USB Device not the
freshly install XP Pro?

you do have SP2 installed right? You need SP2 for USB 2 although XP Pro
without SP2 will use USB2 at USB 1 speed .

"Mikey" <Mikey@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BA954D0E-318B-401C-9714-E268FAB81B6F@microsoft.com...
>I just built a new computer and installed XP pro onto it. Everything was
> working perfectly until I used a USB connector to attach my laptop
> harddrive
> to it in order to transfer files. An error came up warning me about some
> changed Registry problem but it always restarted faster than I could read
> the
> whole thing. It restarted every time i turned it on so I figured my best
> bet
> was to start over from scratch.
> First I used the Windows Repair function from the Windows XP Setup (when
> booting from the CD). I formatted the harddrive in NTSC format. Then I
> went
> ahead and tried to install XP again as if there was nothing on the
> harddrive.
> However, now when I go through the setup installation, it formats the
> harddrive but then displays errors of numerous .dll files that could not
> be
> setup correctly. It then asks to skip those files and continues, or quit
> setup. Are there any suggestions on how to fix this so that I can install
> XP
> again without problems? Does it help to hook up the harddrive in the
> newly
> built computer to an older computer and format it that way? Any help
> would
> be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Mike

Yes, SP2 was installed when we connected the laptop harddrive via usb/ide
converter. However, e switched the DIMMS that the ram was in and we're not
sure if that was the problem, but now we were able to install the OS
properly. New problem has arisen: When asking which partition to install XP
onto, it offered one partition of ~127GB, however it is a 250GB harddrive.
After installation we checked the properties of the harddrive and, in fact,
it says it is ~127GB total capacity. Is this a physical hard drive problem?
Or is there a formatting issue that needs to be considered? Thanks for your
help.

Mike

"jg" wrote:

> so it worked OK before connecting to you laptop or old hard drive via an
> usb/ide converter?
>
> question? which one did you connect: to laptop or to the old drive via
> USB/IDE converter?
> if the latter, what happens when you plug in other USB Device not the
> freshly install XP Pro?
>
> you do have SP2 installed right? You need SP2 for USB 2 although XP Pro
> without SP2 will use USB2 at USB 1 speed .
>
> "Mikey" <Mikey@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:BA954D0E-318B-401C-9714-E268FAB81B6F@microsoft.com...
> >I just built a new computer and installed XP pro onto it. Everything was
> > working perfectly until I used a USB connector to attach my laptop
> > harddrive
> > to it in order to transfer files. An error came up warning me about some
> > changed Registry problem but it always restarted faster than I could read
> > the
> > whole thing. It restarted every time i turned it on so I figured my best
> > bet
> > was to start over from scratch.
> > First I used the Windows Repair function from the Windows XP Setup (when
> > booting from the CD). I formatted the harddrive in NTSC format. Then I
> > went
> > ahead and tried to install XP again as if there was nothing on the
> > harddrive.
> > However, now when I go through the setup installation, it formats the
> > harddrive but then displays errors of numerous .dll files that could not
> > be
> > setup correctly. It then asks to skip those files and continues, or quit
> > setup. Are there any suggestions on how to fix this so that I can install
> > XP
> > again without problems? Does it help to hook up the harddrive in the
> > newly
> > built computer to an older computer and format it that way? Any help
> > would
> > be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Mike
>
>
>