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@Cyrnel.
hahahahaha... i'll try a liveCD. don't know why i didn't try that yet....
i ran a Memtest prior to the first wipe. nothing turned up. SpinRite also didn't find any disk errors...
damn gremlins!
infernal computer!!!!
i tried an old Knoppix liveCD. the network adapter works on that. surfed the net and everything. but of course, upon restart, i still can't boot into WinXP.
so, i think i'm going to shred the drive, and do a completely new installation.
one thing i noticed is that the NIC's lights would come on during the POST process then turn off when the WinXP screens would start... curious.
maybe i should tell my friend to run Linux? :-)
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