Francisco H Tapia
my.lists at verizon.net
Tue Aug 5 13:25:14 CDT 2003
It sounds like a hardware related issue, have you tried a diffrent IDE cable? sometimes those can have a nick or crack and cause the whole system to go belly up. btw, what are you specs for the pc? -Francisco http://rcm.netfirms.com On Tuesday, August 05, 2003 10:42 AM [GMT-8], Martin Reid <mwp.reid at qub.ac.uk> wrote: : Had some problems installing XP Pro on a PC at home. Everytime I try : and install it misses files. Says cant install file name xxx.sys : : Tried to then install Win 2000 Advanced Server to see what would : happen. This time I used a brand new HDD. Started the format and the : format failed. : : Anyone any ideas? Controller bust etc? : : Martin