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AndyM · 10-27-2004, 06:28 PM

I'll try to make this brief. I've got a pIII 1000Mhz on an Abit BE6-II with a 40Gig IBM DeskStar. I installed WinXP Pro and upgraded to SP2 online here at home on our cable connection. I tried to do a file and settings transfer but ran into network probs because both old and new ones were named master. I never really got the network to work right so I decided to start over with a reinstallation of windows. After formatting the C: drive with the NTFS Quick option, the installation program would not recognize the drive, calling it "unknown", but reporting it's size. Then I chose to delete and reassign the partition, with result being a "NTLDR is missing" message. I have done a drive clean using IBM sofware, and re-installed the drive on a Promise controller card, after 2 to 3 hours of various attempts to get install to recognize the drive. Post now sees the drive, but installation stops on the "Setup is starting Windows Screen".
I assume I somehow screwed up the drive, but am afraid to put another drive in and fry it as well without some idea as to where I went wrong...does anybody have any advice for a logical step from here?

10-27-2004, 06:28 PM	#1
AndyM Member (10 bit) Join Date: Aug 1999 Location: Rockford, IL Posts: 641	The Joy & Agony of computing I'll try to make this brief. I've got a pIII 1000Mhz on an Abit BE6-II with a 40Gig IBM DeskStar. I installed WinXP Pro and upgraded to SP2 online here at home on our cable connection. I tried to do a file and settings transfer but ran into network probs because both old and new ones were named master. I never really got the network to work right so I decided to start over with a reinstallation of windows. After formatting the C: drive with the NTFS Quick option, the installation program would not recognize the drive, calling it "unknown", but reporting it's size. Then I chose to delete and reassign the partition, with result being a "NTLDR is missing" message. I have done a drive clean using IBM sofware, and re-installed the drive on a Promise controller card, after 2 to 3 hours of various attempts to get install to recognize the drive. Post now sees the drive, but installation stops on the "Setup is starting Windows Screen". I assume I somehow screwed up the drive, but am afraid to put another drive in and fry it as well without some idea as to where I went wrong...does anybody have any advice for a logical step from here? __________________ "I never met a geek I didn't like." -Will Rogers Last edited by AndyM; 10-27-2004 at 06:35 PM.