Howdy all,
Seems to be a problem and I can't figure out why. I formatted the partition, and the only OS I could get on there was windows XP home. Don't ask me why, but this one works. I would prefer to put XP prof on there (I have genuine copies of both) but it still won't install. When I try and upgrade XP home to SP2 it stuffs up as well, and I have to reformat as it hangs again when the loading bar comes up. So I bit the bullet and decided that because I probably have too many bad sectors (the hdd is 5 years or so old too) I should get a new HDD. So I bought a brand new one.. funny thing though - same thing happens. since last format, I have changed the CD rom, added a CD/DVD combo and a generic 5.1 sound card. Thought it might have been the sound card so I disconnected it and tried again. Same thing. I'm running out of ideas as to what on earth the problem could be.... could it have anything to do with my motherboard?
One previous problem I had was that one of my hardware ports was stuffed so I ditched my old dialup modem to install the sound card there. Maybe it's an ongoing problem and I need to replace the board.. I don't know. Any thoughts/ideas greatly appreciated.