XP Home OEM install hangs with some harddrives (plus a legal quest

[Guest]

Hi out there
I fear I lost my first post, if this is redundant I beg you pardon.


1. I experience XP HOME OEM Installation hangs at :
Setup is reading files <NTFS-Filesystem>
(This is a free translation from German)
with a black screen and a blinking cursor in the upper left corner, when
I use the following hard drives
1. Western Digital IDE WD200BE
2. Samsung IDE SV2042H
both drives are quite old and no drivers are available to be used in the F6
process

With a new 30GB HD the installation works just fine.

Any Idea why XP refuses to install with theses HD's


2. A legal question.

I want to switch my XP Home OEM from the old PC to a new one.
The old one will be trashed afterwards.

Is this possible (legally and practically) if yes what do I have to do to
make this clear to MS. (Activation key and whatever information is traded in
this process)

Thanks in advance to all who respond with helpfull information

best regards

Martin

 

[Ron Martell]

Hi out there
I fear I lost my first post, if this is redundant I beg you pardon.


1. I experience XP HOME OEM Installation hangs at :
Setup is reading files <NTFS-Filesystem>
(This is a free translation from German)
with a black screen and a blinking cursor in the upper left corner, when
I use the following hard drives
1. Western Digital IDE WD200BE
2. Samsung IDE SV2042H
both drives are quite old and no drivers are available to be used in the F6
process

With a new 30GB HD the installation works just fine.

Any Idea why XP refuses to install with theses HD's

Try disconnecting one of the old drives and installing XP on just a
stand-alone drive. It is not unknown for two drives from different
manufacturers to have problems when connected as master & slave on the
same IDE channel. If you really need to have both drives in the
computer then connect one as primary master and the other as secondary
master and put the CDROM/DVD etc as slave on either (or both if you
have two).

2. A legal question.

I want to switch my XP Home OEM from the old PC to a new one.
The old one will be trashed afterwards.

Is this possible (legally and practically) if yes what do I have to do to
make this clear to MS. (Activation key and whatever information is traded in
this process)

Thanks in advance to all who respond with helpfull information

OEM Licenses for Windows XP are permanently locked to the first
computer that they are installed on and may not be legitimately
transferred to a different computer under any circumstances, even if
the original computer is stolen, lost, scrapped, or destroyed.

Additionally if your OEM XP is a BIOS Locked version then it is
self-activating provided the motherboard BIOS is from the same
manufacturer/assembler that provided the OEM CD and it cannot be
activated on a computer with a different motherboard BIOS. To
determine if your OEM Windows XP is BIOS Locked look on the Start menu
under Accessories - System Tools for an "Activate Windows" menu item.
If this item is not present then your OEM Windows XP is BIOS Locked.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference
has never been in bed with a mosquito."

 

[Guest]

--
Martin

Try disconnecting one of the old drives and installing XP on just a
stand-alone drive. It is not unknown for two drives from different
manufacturers to have problems when connected as master & slave on the
same IDE channel. If you really need to have both drives in the
computer then connect one as primary master and the other as secondary
master and put the CDROM/DVD etc as slave on either (or both if you
have two).



OEM Licenses for Windows XP are permanently locked to the first
computer that they are installed on and may not be legitimately
transferred to a different computer under any circumstances, even if
the original computer is stolen, lost, scrapped, or destroyed.

Additionally if your OEM XP is a BIOS Locked version then it is
self-activating provided the motherboard BIOS is from the same
manufacturer/assembler that provided the OEM CD and it cannot be
activated on a computer with a different motherboard BIOS. To
determine if your OEM Windows XP is BIOS Locked look on the Start menu
under Accessories - System Tools for an "Activate Windows" menu item.
If this item is not present then your OEM Windows XP is BIOS Locked.

Thanks Ron.
Re Harddrive..
I use the Samsung HD as primary Master with no primary slave
Nevertheless have a CDDrive as seondrary Master and a CD-Bruner as secondary
Slave.
Is it likely that the double CD-Drive comnbination is a trouble source?


Re XP Home OEM
than I have to buy a new license anyway.
The PC is an old one I got for free with a corrupted WIN 95

Thanks again

Martin

 

[Ron Martell]

Thanks Ron.
Re Harddrive..
I use the Samsung HD as primary Master with no primary slave
Nevertheless have a CDDrive as seondrary Master and a CD-Bruner as secondary
Slave.
Is it likely that the double CD-Drive comnbination is a trouble source?

Almost certainly not, but it would not hurt to disconnect the CD
Burner temporarily and see if that makes any difference.

Re XP Home OEM
than I have to buy a new license anyway.
The PC is an old one I got for free with a corrupted WIN 95

Thanks again

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference
has never been in bed with a mosquito."