Re: Unable to install Operating System--RESOLVED!

Hello "wayfarrer" and all;

"wayfarrer" <dontbother@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23Ar9l9HQFHA.2736@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Glad to hear you got the problem resolved!
You have no idea...(:-o)!

> Regarding the transfer issue, look into what Windows XP already offers
you:
>
> HOW TO: Use Files and Settings Transfer Wizard in Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;293118
Yeah. I'm sure that works...if I were transferring files from box "A" to
box "B" via the LAN. But unless there's something I'm not getting from it,
it won't do disk "A" to disk "B" transfers...

DustyB

>
> Here's a supplemental link to read first:
>
> Files and Settings Transfer Wizard
> http://winsupportcenter.com/win5/a/fast.htm
>
> "DustyB" <pc_phixer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:%23WN3$eGQFHA.3156@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > It seems the the irresistible force of my troubleshooting did indeed
move
> > the formerly immovable object (my Dell Dimension 8100)! (:-o)!
> >
> > For those new to this thread, I'll summarize; I was doing a routine
download
> > and execution of a proggie to help me track down a slow boot. Then,
after
> > years of working just fine on XP Pro/SP2 I got:
> > "A desk read error occurred"
> > "Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart"
> >
> > I got lots of advice from folks reading here and on other forums. Some
from
> > the terminally clueless. Some pointless. Some just plain wrong. Some
> > about unrelated issues. And just 2 that helped me narrow down the issue
> > with some directed advice.
> >
> > I had explained that I'd installed a new HDD, yet folks would assert
that my
> > drive was going bad. I'd explain that I'd tried other, older and/or
> > different versions of the OS (Win2KP) and folks would submit that it was
the
> > *&^%$#@! SP2, or XP in general, or Microsoft in particular; with some
even
> > finding time to cast dispersions on the current administration for this
> > issue (albeit not in this forum). There was absolutely no shortage of
folks
> > with an axe to grind. Others asserted that it was surely an Internet
> > sourced virus, Trojan, or worm. My words explaining that this was
happening
> > in the boot cycle just didn't seem to have any weight to them. I've
been
> > running NTFS since NT first offered it. Yet folks would insist that
only a
> > FAT/FAT32 formatted drive could work. Others asserted that I had gotten
> > some well deserved malware because I didn't or wouldn't run Linux or a
Mac.
> > Trust me, the level of stupidity, ignorance, arrogance, and just
outright
> > hatred for any thing MS related out there is frightening!
> >
> > I had reduced my system to mouse & KB; video card; and a new HDD (tested
and
> > certified on another system). The mouse and KB handlers are in the
mobo, so
> > they're hard to isolate; as is the IDE interface. I was in the process
of
> > getting ready to install an IDE card to eliminate the integrated one,
when
> > it occurred to me to "hand-manage" the heretofore automatic "cable
select"
> > settings on my HDD's. I made drive 0 the hard master, and voila! It
came
> > right up.
> >
> > Since the cable's are okay, the problem has to be on the mobo, in the
device
> > select/control logic. Although priority one is to get this unit up, so
I
> > can read my mail and get back on-line, I'm going to have to get that
mobo
> > replaced.
> >
> > Hopefully my experiences will help others "find the light"...
> >
> > All-in-all, I've found XP to be good, solid, stable, and all-around
pretty
> > easy to use. It's all I recommend to my customers. I'll only work on a
W2K
> > machine if they're going to upgrade to XP while I'm there...
> >
> > About the only drag at the moment is that I couldn't locate the file I'd
> > downloaded some years back from "Tomsterdam's" excellent site for that
> > freebie OE backup utility. I had backed my OE up with that, and now
find
> > that he's taken it down for some work so I can't replace my missing
> > file...drat!
> >
> > Also, for some of you software wizards out there. So much of what OE
does
> > is held in the registry. A tool that permits one to extract that info
> > (accounts, rules, etc.) and apply it to a new installation would be most
> > useful. It's gonna be a drag having to recreate some 200 accounts,
rules,
> > and so on... But, at least my box is back and I can browse on my own
> > machine from now on...
> >
> >
> > Signing off'a this one,
> > DustyB
> > ...
> >
> >
>
>


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