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tropple · 10-18-2004, 09:46 AM

First, are you trying to upgrade to windows XP from W2K or Win98, or trying install it from scratch?

If you are installing from scratch, then just let the install program handle the drive formatting and partitioning. You can let it install to a nice sized primary partion and then you make a sercondary partition to create logical drives later.

If you're upgrading, was the previous OS running before you tried the upgrade? More details would be good.

You should also verify that there are no chipset compatibility problems as well. Some chipsets have problems with the Windows install.

From experience, I think that the problem is either the motherboard or the cpu/chipset. I had the same experience twice. Once with an older board and the via chipset and once with a new (at the time) DFI Lanparty II and an AMD CPU. It turned out to be the motherboard in both cases.

The old board simply would not run with W2K. The Lanparty was defective.

DFI's support was good, though and I had a replacement quickly and then had no problems with the install.

Give us some more details, okay?

10-18-2004, 09:46 AM	#3 (permalink)
tropple Junkie	First, are you trying to upgrade to windows XP from W2K or Win98, or trying install it from scratch? If you are installing from scratch, then just let the install program handle the drive formatting and partitioning. You can let it install to a nice sized primary partion and then you make a sercondary partition to create logical drives later. If you're upgrading, was the previous OS running before you tried the upgrade? More details would be good. You should also verify that there are no chipset compatibility problems as well. Some chipsets have problems with the Windows install. From experience, I think that the problem is either the motherboard or the cpu/chipset. I had the same experience twice. Once with an older board and the via chipset and once with a new (at the time) DFI Lanparty II and an AMD CPU. It turned out to be the motherboard in both cases. The old board simply would not run with W2K. The Lanparty was defective. DFI's support was good, though and I had a replacement quickly and then had no problems with the install. Give us some more details, okay? __________________ +++++++++++Boom!