Hello again....I am using Windows XP pro. I have been searching the net for a solution. I found this in several different places.
If you are using high-throughput ATA disks and controllers capable of a data transfer rate higher than 33.3 megabytes per second, replace the standard 40 pin cable with an 80 pin cable.
Not being to dumb but what does this mean? Does it mean I should change the cable from my hard drive to my motherboard? I did use an older cable from another computer when I rebuilt my computer.
If your computer is newer than, say, six years old, then this shouldn't be a problem.
The IDE cable that your hard drive is using is what that message is referring to. Older cables are 40 pin (and some cables for CD and DVD-ROM drives still use 40). Newer ones are 80-pin (the ribbon has thinner wires...80 of them instead of 40).
In any case, I don't think that's relevant (even less relevant if your hard drive is SATA), so we can take our focus off of this.
Put your original hard drive back in. It has your operting system on it. See if you can find a ps2 keyboard to do the repair with.
I dont think it is your power supply. If the power supply was faulty then you wouln't have power.
Yes...I did all that. It was when I got to the License Agreement when thats where it stoped. It did nothing when I pressed F8 = I agree. The other opions worked but the F8 = I agree didn't work. It would not go any further then the License Agreement.
Again...would that be my hard drive or the power supply?
It may be the keyboard.
I don't think it's the keyboard. Otherwise, it wouldn't have accepted any input (it would have been stuck on the part where you have to press Enter to install Windows).
I think it's one of two things:
1) Corrupt data on the hard drive
2) The hard drive is toast.
Try running CHKDSK /r through the Recovery Console (press R to get to the recovery console instead of pressing Enter to install Windows).
