cact25 said:
I don't miss the F6. It never gets that far. When I installed
bothe MCE and XP Pro on this pc, I saw the F6. It came much sooner
than it takes for the install to fail with the STOP on the new pc.
If you boot with a standard, unmodified Windows XP Professional or Windows
XP Media Center Edition CD and start the installation process - you will get
an F6 prompt as long as the hardware is good/MBR is intact/accessible. If
the hardware is bad (or the other problem) - you may not get it.
Seagate Full Wipe, then try booting from the WIndows XP CD again.