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

From: mic (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 07/18/04 

Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2004 15:17:50 -0700

Hi JAX & Michael,

Success! Michael's plan worked. I repartitioned &
reformatted w/ the Seagate CD then used the XP CD. It
worked. The only way XP is going to get out of that PC is
if the HDD crashes! I'm not messing w/ it.

Mike
>-----Original Message-----
>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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