Re: XP Pro SP2 install failure on New Hard Drive.

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The sys requirements as per
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/sysreqs.mspx
and or
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/evaluation/sysreqs.mspx
indicate that well less than 2 gig is required.
Besides, shouldn't XP be able to determine whether
there is enough space or not, PRIOR to installation?!
Don't previous versions allready do this?!!


"Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Conrad" <conrad@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > I have a brand new 4 Gig Western Digital Hard disk
> > that is installed in my stand alone Pentium III 900Mhz
> >
> > XP Pro SP2 formats the Hard disk, and begins installing.
> > It fails or freezes when it gets all the way down to
> > "Finalizing Installation, Saving Configuration".
> > It goes to a completely BLANK screen & just sits there.
> > When I reboot, it restarts the installation and fails at the
> > same point, 3 times now.
> >
> > Please help.
> > I was told that XP was the best windows ever,
> > and that Pro was better than Home version.
> > I am installing on a clean new Hard drive, and still
> > I have problems?????
> > Will it EVER get Easy for us novices?
> > Man oh Man THIS IS FRUSTRATING!
> > Sory, Just had to get that off my chest.
> >
>
> I didn't know that you can still buy brand new 4 GByte
> hard disks. WinXP may simply be running out of space
> on your disk - 4 GBytes sounds very tight. Get a
> larger disk!
>
> WinXP Home is not better or worse than WinXP
> Professional - it simply lacks a few features that are
> included with WinXP Professional.
>
>


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