Re: hdd wont reformat or reinstall xp home

In article <be72a58d-fb62-4a60-a9b9-
7e95586b91dd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, willandsue@xxxxxxxxxx
says...
Hello, I am looking for some help. I was recently given an old P3
system running at 800mhz, with 512sdram pc133 minus the harddrive. The
mobo is an ASUS, but I can't determine the model #. I would like to
put in a hdd and install XP home. I have the disk and the proper
product key. When I attempt to reformat and install the OS, it only
get so far and I get messages telling me that some files were not
copyed correctly and I could either retry or skip the file, but there
seems to be quite a few . I have tried 3 different XP disks and 4
different hdd, same results. I have checked all cables and
connections. Could it have something to do with the bios? When the
system was whole it was running Windows ME. I am hoping that help is
forthcoming as I hit the wall. I would like to hear any solution that
you may have to help me right this problem. Thanks in advance for your
efforts and your patience as I am new to these matters.
-J


I would also want to testor swap the memory.

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