I just purchased a Western Digital 320MB hard drive and tried to install XP
home edition. It runs through the Formatting portion and then starts copying
files. During copying files the computer restarts to a black screen, I get
the "To boot from disk press any key..." message and ...

I recently attempted to reinstall my Windows XP Home edition via the
re-installation CD from Dell. When I did, the last few files, such as ntldr,
did not copy, thus the installation could not continue. I called Dell,
thinking it was the CD, and had them send me a new Windows XP ...

Hey all,
creating a new user image and trying to install the programs to all
users.
I've been creating auto installers of individual programs with the

Something that won't concern you corporate guys so much, however I guess
there must be some of the smaller retailers and installers in here - When
supplying a new computer, just as an idea what would you consider a
reasonable surcharge over the normal sale/installation price if ...

Does Win XP Pro SP2 version now shipping include IE6 or IE7? For
compatibility reasons, we need IE6. Did not do OS install ourselves, new
computer, has IE7 so don't know if it was "in the box" or installed as update
(update would be easy to rollback). If "in the box", will system ...

I used the transfer wizard to transfer files and settings to the new
computer.  I am using an 80 gb drive in both computers.
The C: drive went from 12 gb in use before, to 67 gb in use after the
wizard. Is there a large saved file someone to get rid of?

Is it possible to preserve OEM pre-activation for XP Home?
In what situations can OEM preactivation be preserved, in general?
eg. do I need a special CD (OEM/retail) or do I just need the motherboard to
be the same as the OEM supplied?

I just reinstalled Windows Xp SP-2 this past week, and I'm having a major
problem with XPs Help and Support service.  It used to be if I wanted
information about a certain KB Article, then all I had to do was open Help
and Support, type KBXXXXXX in the box - and  press the green ...

I run a small computer repair shop out of my home and I have installed XP on
dozens of systems. Lately when I do a clean install with XP or XP SP1 and
then instantly install SP2 from CD, after the systems get the 90+ MS updates
they slow down considerably. I just had an older ...

Our techs each have to install an average of 2 XP Home and 1 XP Pro systems
per day. Given the time taken to do this, I want to automate the process as
much as possible. I will be using unattended files as much as possible, but
the main problem is with Windows Validation.

Windows XP Home Edition crashed. I tried to repair, didn't work out. I want
to format but before I need to pull out my files from My Documents and
Desktop, I have C and D drives .. both NTFS ..
I installed the HDD on a different computer that has a running windows xp

In our environment, we already have a packaged XP Professional image
(base OS) created for our workstations that uses Volume License Keys
and deployed with Sysprep.  From time to time, we need to clean out
laptops which has OEM CDKEYs, those COA sticker on the bottom of the

I'm about to set up a master image. It's a Dell PC. For the most part, the
hardware will be standard but an occasional change in video card or NIC.
Can someone point me to where I can:
* Create a folder locally with the missing drivers that XP will need upon

I have very strange question for all of you experts.
Yesterday I managed to install three different XP's to different part of
hard drives. Original one which I want to use is on C: device and others are
in d: e: etc.

My 7 year old Dell Dimension 4100 has a 866mhz processor , 256 MB RAM,
and a  40 GB hard drive.  OK according to Microsoft, but  at least one  post
stated I REALLY need 512 MB RAM and a 1 GB Mhz processor.
Will the new system be slow as molasses on my old rig?