That occurs AFTER the OS installed. Not while the OS is being installed.
Dave
| You never know what will stop Win. While you may not have had a problem,
| there are many others to consider (like a corrupted USB driver).
|
|
| | > Since it is NOT true in all cases, it can not be used as a "rule of
| > thumb".
| >
| > A ZIP 250MB USB drive would not exhibit said bahaviour and thus would not
| > need to be
| > disconnected before installing the OS.
| >
| > Dave
| >
| >
| >
| >
| >
| > | > | How many times must this be said?: Unplug peripherals before installing
| > | anything!
| > | | > | > You need to disconnect the ZIP drive then install WinXP.
| > | >
| > | > I ran across this problem on our Dell platforms which all have ZIP
| > 250MB
| > | > IDE drives.
| > | >
| > | > Disconnect the power cable to the ZIP drive then reinstall WinXP from
| > | > scratch and you have
| > | > the OS on drive "C:" which is preferable.
| > | >
| > | > Dave
| > | >
| > | >
| > | >
| > | >
| > | > | > | > | I just performed a re-install of XP Home including a
| > | > | reformat of the hard-dirve. The following devices were
| > | > | install at the time of installation:
| > | > |
| > | > | Ide hard drive
| > | > |
| > | > | 1-zip drive (usb)
| > | > |
| > | > | After installation the the Loas Disk connected as F:
| > | > | Floppy->A
| > | > | Zip->C
| > | > | DVD Drive->D
| > | > | CD-RW->E
| > | > |
| > | > |
| > | >
| > | >
| > |
| > |
| >
| >
|
|
