[dba-Tech] Disk Failure

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
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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




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