Re: Any ideas

Thanks all, help appreciated. I'll let you know......

Dave


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"Dave Cox" <davecox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I've trying to reinstall windows on a friends PC, it reads the windows CD
but keeps saying there is a problem with the registry. So I boot from the
windows CD, reinstall or repair - same thing.

Put a boot disk in, it cant see the C drive (so I can format it)

Anyone any ideas? Serious if possible!!!

Are the drives IDE, SATA, SCSI, or ?
If they're other than IDE, the BIOS may list/enable them as 'SCSI'.
Also, your OS may require SATA or SCSI drivers to be installed on setup.
Jack R



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