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John
Attempting to install xp on win98 as clean install (ie dual boot)
Disconnected all periphs (bare notebook)
Using Partition Magic, cleared unpartitioned space (4.5Gig) at end of
HDD
Ran full scandisk - full surface test.
Setup
Chose NTFS in unpartitioned space - would have preferred fat32 but not
given the option by setup
All going normally until middle of 'registering components' - '13
minutes to go - and it stuck - HDD making 'dit dah dit dah dah' over
and over again, for about ten minutes before I had to turn off the
power.
The above describes my third attempt, each with the same result,
although the first two were attempts to install on a fat32 partition
at the end of my HDD.
I have not yet upgraded drivers for my Tosh Sat Pro 6000 although I
know there are xp-compatible drivers available on the Tosh web site.
I didn't start out by installing these as I wasn't clear whether they
would also work with win98 - all part of this process of not
committing to XP until I know how it behaves.
Has anyone any helpful ideas?
Disconnected all periphs (bare notebook)
Using Partition Magic, cleared unpartitioned space (4.5Gig) at end of
HDD
Ran full scandisk - full surface test.
Setup
Chose NTFS in unpartitioned space - would have preferred fat32 but not
given the option by setup
All going normally until middle of 'registering components' - '13
minutes to go - and it stuck - HDD making 'dit dah dit dah dah' over
and over again, for about ten minutes before I had to turn off the
power.
The above describes my third attempt, each with the same result,
although the first two were attempts to install on a fat32 partition
at the end of my HDD.
I have not yet upgraded drivers for my Tosh Sat Pro 6000 although I
know there are xp-compatible drivers available on the Tosh web site.
I didn't start out by installing these as I wasn't clear whether they
would also work with win98 - all part of this process of not
committing to XP until I know how it behaves.
Has anyone any helpful ideas?