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Not writing to HDD
allroy1975:
is it an "original" copy of the OS install disk?
have you ever installed of that EXACT disk before? from the SAME CD drives?
I was having a VERY similar problem with my not-original copy of XP. so I burned another copy and had the same problem..I couldn't get it to install off either of my DVD drives. it turned out to be that those drives couldn't read all of that disk or something. I re-burned to a different kind of disk and boom it worked perfect. But...man...I wasted a whole weekend being frustrated by this problem!
Anyway, Try a different disk or a different drive.
Allroy
Edgedamage:
Tested a couple of drives and cables. And used non-copy disks of win2k pro and win98.
pmc:
Consider this:
When asked to reboot, eject the CD and remove it. Enter the BIOS before the reboot and verify the HD is only device to boot from. Disable all other HDs. Exit & Save settings. Reboot.
You'll either boot off the partial W2K install or the machine will hang-up or error indicating that something's wrong with the BIOS settings, the drive, the partition, or the install. Either way, you'll know.
As per someone else's comment, run FDISK or PartitionMagic or something and verify that the partition is properly set and active. Then again, W2K shouldn't install without straightening that out for you.
Edgedamage:
Well after the reboot win reloads all the drivers and files again win asks to format the drive. And if I reformat the drive win will install "files needed for setup" and then will ask to reboot. And the whole cycle starts over again. I just called a friend who is good with hardware and he said to try using the hdd on channel two.
radiator:
I had a problem like this with an old SCSI drive...never solved it though.
Have you tried installing the HDD in another machine, or vice versa?
At least then you can start narrowing down the faulty hardware possibilities.
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