Re: XP Pro OEM installs, Academic Upgrade doesn't
- From: "peterk" <peterk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 18:42:58 -0600
Is that the board that has 4 SATA connectors??
2 of them with Nvidea drivers and the other 2 with Silicon Image drivers
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peterk
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"Petz" <jpetzing@earthlink.(PUTnetHERE)> wrote in message
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> What's going on here. I find it impossible to install Windows XP SP2 using
> my
> XP Pro Academic Upgrage CD (and putting Win2000 CD in drive at appropriate
> point). I am installing onto SATA drive (WD2500) connected to Gigabyte
> K8NuSLI motherboard, specifiically onto the SATA ports connected to
> nForce4
> chipset. If I use F6 to load drivers for the nForce4 SATA RAID drivers (2
> on
> floppy), the install freezes right after the message "Setup is starting
> Windows." This is the installation method Gigabyte told me to use.
> However, I
> found that if I just didn't install use F6 at all, then the installation
> goes
> much further. It gets to the first reboot, has me set up the clock, enter
> my
> product key, and set up network. Then it says something about Startup
> Menu,
> and dies with
> Error copying file iexplore.ex_
> It has a window to browse for the file, and the file is actually right on
> the CD (I386) where it is looking for it! It just can't copy it, or its
> the
> wrong version or something. I even tried preparing a floppy with that
> file,
> but it refused to accept it. If I say to continue install anyway, theres a
> gazillion other files that it can't find (though they are on the CD!) or
> won't copy. Note that the XP CD is an SP2 version.
>
> OK, now here's the really wierd part. I also have an older OEM XP Pro
> (non-upgrade) CD, but I won't be able to activate it because it is from
> another computer. So I tried using that CD to install to my SATA drive. If
> I
> load the drivers for SATA, the same thing happens, it dies after saying
> "Setup is starting Windows." But if I DON'T load the drivers, the
> installation proceeds successfully.
>
> I conclude two things, but have no solution to my problem because I don't
> feel like chucking a $109 CD and buying a $139 one. What I conclude is:
> 1a. The nForce4 hardware or drivers, or my motherboard is incompatible
> with
> upgrade versions of Windows XP or
> 1b. ditto for Windows XP SP2 or
> 1c. The "academic upgrade" version sucks
> AND
> 2. Gigabyte tech support is clueless. They don't even know how to install
> XP
> onto their own motherboards.
.
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