Re: XP Professional unstable and reboots

In my experience partitions do not cause what you are seeing. I would
suspect there is a device driver that needs updating.

To be able to pin down what driver needs replacing you have to get an Idea
what you are doing when it reboots.

I would suspect the video card first. Find out who makes yours and see if
they have a driver for XP.

hth
DDS W 2k MVP MCSE

"Al Dean" <AlDean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> New Seagate 200 gig Hard drive
> Fresh/New first time installation of Windows XP Professional.
>
> I probably should not have used the CD that came with the Seagate. It
> divided the hard drive into 132 gig section then added the rest after
> windows
> was installed.
>
> First of all I do not like that. I would rather have one all inclusive
> directory tree.
>
> Second, it's unstable and reboots for no reason with no regularity.
>
> I want to dump it all. Format the hard drive, reinstall this new XP disk.
> But do I have to remove the partition Seagate put on the hard drive first?
> I
> cant figure out how. Will windows indeed re-install or is it going to say
> 'No, you already did this.....I tried the online help but it said I had to
> pay to get assistance so that's not free. Damnit I wish I'd left it alone
> and just stayed with the old hard drive and the good ole 98. I know it's
> like saying you wish you still had your laser disk player but this is all
> just barely out of my realm of comfort and experience.
>
> Is there a slick way to do this? Is there a written instruction *** of
> how to format the hard drive without the Seagate crap and install windows
> correctly. I think the whole partitioning is the source but I dont know.
>
>
>
>
> --
> Al Dean


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