Re: I hope I'm still able to install XP

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From: JAX (slipslide_at_pop.not)
Date: 07/17/04 

Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 13:30:10 -0700

LOL, JAX

"mic" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2e19001c46c2b$954d9660$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> Hi JAX & Michael,
>
> Thanks for your help. I tried to use the XP CD but I just
> kept getting a resuming setup message. Then the same
> error. Perhaps it might have to do with SP1, maybe not.
> http://aumha.org/win5/a/wpa.php is great at explaining
> this. I'm going to use the Seagate CD to erase and
> reformat the HDD, then reinstall XP. If that doesn't work
> then use the XP to reformatt and partition after erasing
> w/ Seagate. If that doesn't work I'll look for writing
> 0's on Seagate Utilities. I think one of those'll work.
> Yeah, the keyboard works for installing XP.
> Mike
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hi Michael,
> >
> >My reference to maneuvering with the keyboard was about
> installing XP. Now
> >that I think about it, I seem to remember needing the
> mouse to set the time
> >zone and maybe a few other things. I'm not going to re-
> install just to
> >refresh my memory though.<grin>
> >
> >Cheers, JAX
> >
> >"Phillips" <afn18721@afn.org> wrote in message
> >news:OOKsgYAbEHA.1548@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> >> Check on the Seagate Utilities Disk - there should be
> an option to write 0
> >> (Quick and Full - takes hours for the latter) to write
> 0's. You should use
> >> this when you suspect a virus or other hidden files
> that might become
> >active
> >> while XP is installed - it shouldn't be so, but XP
> might find older
> >> installation files and try to solve those first. You
> might find, for ex.,
> >> that your XP activation grace period (30 days) starts
> w/ the date of your
> >> previous installation attempt.
> >> As for the mouse, being USB, you will need the USB
> drivers that will be
> >> installed only from w/in XP. Just go ahead w/o a mouse
> when installing
> >XP -
> >> you can find a list of XP kboard commands on Internet.
> Of course, as JAX
> >> suggests, get a PS2 mouse till you can install the USB
> one if you don't
> >want
> >> to bother w/ the mouse. The mouse is necessary for
> editing graphic files,
> >> you can do w/o in every day IT-life.
> >> Michael
> >>
> >> "mic" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message
> >> news:2f0ff01c46bbc$35453c10$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> >> > Thank you, for your help. Pardon my ignorance but
> how do
> >> > I write 0's on the HDD?
> >> > >-----Original Message-----
> >> > >Reformat the HDD using the Seagate CD utilities. If
> XP
> >> > still fails to
> >> > >reinstall, write 0's on the HDD using the Seagate CD
> >> > utilities. You should
> >> > >be clean and fresh.
> >> > >Michael
> >> > >
> >> > >"mic" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> >> > message
> >> > >news:2ddea01c46bb7$a9397a00$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> >> > >> I'm building my own PC, after I got all the
> hardware
> >> > >> together, I installed XP. It seemed to take a long
> >> > time.
> >> > >> I realized that I didn't install the Seagate
> driver for
> >> > >> the hard drive, so I went into Bios and had the
> PC boot
> >> > >> from the CD drive and installed and reformatted
> the
> >> > hard
> >> > >> drive. Now I can't reinstall XP. I get this error
> >> > >> message, "RegOpenKeyEx(SYSTEM\Setup\Pid)returned
> error2
> >> > >> (2)." Perhaps I was supposed to use the Seagate
> CD in
> >> > >> windows? I think I'm screwed. Please advise,
> anyone?
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >.
> >> > >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >.
> >

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