RB1986 Posted November 17, 2013 Report Share Posted November 17, 2013 Hi there... sorry if i post this in wrong stop but very fustrated... I bought a 2 TB HD the other day and it registers as 1.93 which isnt the problem... I prefer XP then Vista over any verison of windows... My problem is when i go to install windows it after I have put the hard drive in another computer and formated it after i bought it i have put it in my other computer to install windows after doing a quick format. Once i go to install windows it comes up with errors during installing xp such as sys files and such.. or if it installs then when it reboots it says a disk error type thing... I thought maybe it might be the hard drive.. In one of my other machines i just copied a file to it just to see if it was the hard drive but files copy to it. I have put the hard drive in 3-4 other computers to think it was the one computer i want the hard drive to work in it but it wont install on those other computers... Ive been at this for 3-4 days now and not a single verison of windows work am i doing something wrong. Any help would greatly apprecatied.. The hard drive i bought was a Western Digital 2 TD 3.5 " Sata3 64 MB Buffer OEM Hard drive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted November 17, 2013 Report Share Posted November 17, 2013 Are you installing from a genuine Windows disk? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted November 17, 2013 Report Share Posted November 17, 2013 How is it formatted (file system, cluster size)? Did you partition the disk, or are you trying to install on the plain 2TB? If partitions, what kind of partitions (primary, extended)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB1986 Posted November 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2013 Ive formatted it two different ways... a) In windows in a 2nd computer as a 2nd hd and also put it in another computer ive formatted it at the blue screen as ur about to install windows... Ive lost both my orginal copies of the xp and vista but i made a 2nd copy of them on different cd and every time i go to install it i will get a error when install either a dll or sys file or if it installs soon as it reboots it comes up with a disk error.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted November 19, 2013 Report Share Posted November 19, 2013 You didn't answer any of my questions. Also, when you say "disk error"; is that your HD or install disk? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bludgard Posted November 21, 2013 Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 ... Ive lost both my orginal copies of the xp and vista but i made a 2nd copy of them on different cd and every time i go to install it i will get a error when install either a dll or sys file or if it installs soon as it reboots it comes up with a disk error.. Maybe the install media is corrupt. Acquire clean copies and try again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bludgard Posted November 22, 2013 Report Share Posted November 22, 2013 You didn't answer any of my questions. Also, when you say "disk error"; is that your HD or install disk? It does sound as if the HDD is dead or dying.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted November 23, 2013 Report Share Posted November 23, 2013 It does sound as if the o/p has lost interest... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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