Re: Xbox 360 media center software not installing....

When I first tried to install this extender software I did have just the one
250 gb SATA drive. It is formatted as one partition (c:\) and it is NTFS. I
have since added another 250 gb SATA drive (d:\). So both are formatted as
single NTFS partitions.

"Todd Bowra [MSFT]" wrote:

> A few more questions:
> - How many physical hard drives do you have?
> - Which drives are PATA and which are SATA?
> - How are they partitioned and formatted? (all NTFS?)
> - Which partition is your boot partition?
>
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>
>
> "Flounder" <Flounder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:51A345B5-0449-4B70-8818-9F68FE644B5C@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Sorry Todd, I had not noticed your post. Thank you for the reply!
> >
> > I rebuilt my pc using my own copy of XP MCE which is from my MSDN
> > subscription. If it helps, I did use this exact same media on an older
> > compaq to test the problem. After a rebuild the old compaq worked just
> fine
> > with the MCE software install. The only other big difference I can think
> of
> > is the DELL I have has SATA drives and the Compaq has IDE.
> >
> > When I rebuilt the Dell the first thing I did was run all critical windows
> > updates. No other software was installed outside of that. Again, on the
> > older Compaq I did the same thing and it worked fine using my media. It
> > really appears to be something with this Dell machine but I cannot figure
> out
> > what it is for the life of me.
> >
> > Thanks again!
> >
> > "Todd Bowra [MSFT]" wrote:
> >
> > > I have not seen this before. The next check that should show up in the
> log
> > > in the OS version, which I wouldn't expect to fail. I'm looking into
> this
> > > (forewarning: the person who might know what's going on here is on
> vacation
> > > until next week).
> > >
> > > In the mean time, can you provide some additional info on your PC
> config?
> > > Specifically:
> > > - You mentioned rebuilding your PC; when you did this/reinstalled
> Windows,
> > > how did you do it? (Dell recovery disc, MCE install CD, etc.)
> > > - Did you install any software after installing Windows?
> > >
> > > --
> > > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.
> > >
> > >
> > > "Flounder" <ffish3@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > > news:1135641615.918425.209390@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > Anyone??????
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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