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Chema
I want to do a new XP installation in a brand new SAMSUMG
160 Gb SATA Hardisk.
My config is a new Asus MOBO, presumably up to date BIOS,
memory 512 MB, AMD 2600+.
HD is already installed and recognised as SATA Channel 0
with 160 GB by BIOS on start up messages. So I assume is
correctly installed.
IF booting from XP CD, XP installation tells me that HD is
not partitioned/formatted and need to do it.
If booting from a W98 floppy, and try to fdisk it, Fdisk
only recognises 23 GB.
I go ahead, format the 23 GBs, and then try the CD Boot
for XP installation... and get error message for wrong HD
parameters.
After that, PC does not even boot; Computer stops
at "verifying dmi pool data..." and I had to "fdisk /mbr"
to make it boot again.
Any suggestions on how to install XP on the HD?
160 Gb SATA Hardisk.
My config is a new Asus MOBO, presumably up to date BIOS,
memory 512 MB, AMD 2600+.
HD is already installed and recognised as SATA Channel 0
with 160 GB by BIOS on start up messages. So I assume is
correctly installed.
IF booting from XP CD, XP installation tells me that HD is
not partitioned/formatted and need to do it.
If booting from a W98 floppy, and try to fdisk it, Fdisk
only recognises 23 GB.
I go ahead, format the 23 GBs, and then try the CD Boot
for XP installation... and get error message for wrong HD
parameters.
After that, PC does not even boot; Computer stops
at "verifying dmi pool data..." and I had to "fdisk /mbr"
to make it boot again.
Any suggestions on how to install XP on the HD?