On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 21:31:24 -0000, Keith wrote in


With Easter almost upon us I still have not been able to solve the PC
problem. I have installed a new Hard Drive this evening, also a floppy drive
which now responds, but when I tried to install Windows XP after formatting
the disk I am back to square one. My feeling is I have a faulty XP Disk. I
have an added problem that as soon as I turn everything off, turning on
takes almost a sledgehammer to get the monitor to come out of standby
(Hansol 920D), it very nearly went out the window earlier.

Sorry to hear that Keith. Have you thought of installing say Windows 98
(or ME) first to see if it is a hardware problem. If 98 goes on OK that
suggests it may well be the XP disk at fault.

If you can get 98 on, then it may be worthwhile copying the whole of the XP
Install CD to a folder on your hard drive and installing from setup.exe in
that folder. I always keep a copy of the CD on my PC as a backup, should
ever the CD play up. And quite often I will install from the hard drive
itself, as it can be faster.

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Mike 55.13°N 6.69°W Coleraine posted to uk.sci.weather 23/03/2005 22:07:07 UTC