Problem installing XP

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I just got a brand new hard drive, installed it and was trying to load XP, when i first tried to install it gave me a STOP error, so i restarted, the second time, its getting to a point where it asks if i want to create a partition then press C. Thats it!!! it hangs there forever!! i tried to million times, but the same thing happens. Any ideas?

!Ken
 
Ken said:
I just got a brand new hard drive, installed it and was trying to
load XP, when i first tried to install it gave me a STOP error, so i
restarted, the second time, its getting to a point where it asks if i
want to create a partition then press C. Thats it!!! it hangs there
forever!! i tried to million times, but the same thing happens. Any
ideas?
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What type of Hard Drive?
Does your BIOS recognize it? As a valid boot drive?
Was there a driver diskette with your controller/motherboard?
 
I think my bios recognizes it too, coz in the primary slave eide it gives (WDc WD0080) think wd= western digital. Not only that windows xp even asks me if i want to create a partition with the maximum siize(80GB)(actually it gets until this part!!!) so i assume it recognizes it. any ideas

Ke



----- Shenan Stanley wrote: ----

Ken wrote
I just got a brand new hard drive, installed it and was trying t
load XP, when i first tried to install it gave me a STOP error, so
restarted, the second time, its getting to a point where it asks if
want to create a partition then press C. Thats it!!! it hangs ther
forever!! i tried to million times, but the same thing happens. An
ideas
Click to expand...

What type of Hard Drive
Does your BIOS recognize it? As a valid boot drive
Was there a driver diskette with your controller/motherboard
 
Ken said:
I just got a brand new hard drive, installed it and was trying
to load XP, when i first tried to install it gave me a STOP
error, so i restarted, the second time, its getting to a point
where it asks if i want to create a partition then press C.
Thats it!!! it hangs there forever!! i tried to million times,
but the same thing happens. Any ideas?
Click to expand...

Shenan said:
What type of Hard Drive?
Does your BIOS recognize it? As a valid boot drive?
Was there a driver diskette with your controller/motherboard?
Click to expand...
I think my bios recognizes it too, coz in the primary slave eide it
gives (WDc WD0080) think wd= western digital. Not only that windows
xp even asks me if i want to create a partition with the maximum
size(80GB)(actually it gets until this part!!!) so i assume it
recognizes it. any ideas?
Click to expand...

Possible jumper misconfiguration or motherboard BIOS issue - you may need to
flash your BIOS, depending on what it supports.
 
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