491987, RE: Can't load OS Posted by bobbo, Sun Oct-05-08 04:54 PM
I've achieved a modicum of success in that I have installed Win XP Pro SP3, however there have been quite a few hiccups along the way. I started installing Win as a Repair, and there's a message to hit F6 if you need to install third party SCSI drivers, etc. I hit F6 and it asked for a floppy in Drive A with the necessary files. The MB came with an install disk, and booting from it there's choice to create a floppy with the various SCSI drivers. I did that and on the prompt in the XP setup asking for the driver disk, I installed the SCSI driver. The install continued to completion and I now have Win XP Pro SP3 installed. The hiccups occur on rebooting, where I get the error message "Disk read error, Ctrl/Alt/Delete to restart". After several tries, I am able to boot into Windows.
I'm wondering whether, when installing the SATA drive, that I should have done the fdisk routine rather than having the Win install disk do the formatting. SATA drives may be faster, but I seem to have problems with them.
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