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Posted by skewed on January 4, 2008, 2:18 am
Please log in for more thread options Thanks for the reply. There was no prompt to press F6 (I followed all the
prompts given - but I suppose it could have flashed in amongst the various
'loading file xyz' messages along the bottom of the blue screen.
I don't know if it is a SATA hard drive (my machine is a compaq presario
v3000) but there is no floppy hard drive - just CD/DVD. I wouldn't know a
motherboard from a bar of soap and never, as far as I'm aware, had a
motherboard driver CD.
"CSM1" wrote:
> Do you get a Press F6 to install third party drivers during the Windows XP
> pro setup startup?
>
> If you have a SATA hard drive, you must install at the F6 prompt the SATA
> drivers.
>
> SATA drivers can be found on the Motherboard Driver CD. You also must have a
> Floppy drive in the computer, I think a USB floppy drive works OK. (The
> floppy must be seen as A:)
>
> On the Motherboard Driver CD, you should find a Bootdrv folder with a
> program called Menu.exe. Menu.exe creates the floppy that you need at F6.
>
> --
> CSM1
> http://www.carlmcmillan.com
> --
> > Thanks for your response, I do appreciate it.
> > I'm not sure if you mean when I get the 'not genuine microsoft' message or
> > when I try to install the newly purchased XP Pro, but unfortunately in
> > both
> > cases no number is given.
> >
> > "Gary Tsang" wrote:
> >
> >> When your Windows Activation fails, are you given a number to call? Have
> >> you tried going through that process?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Gary Tsang
> >> http://www.gtsang.com
> >>
> >> Microsoft MVP - Windows Media Center
> >> http://www.microsoft.com/mvp
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> > So, validation failed due to a blocked bulk license; office tests out
> >> > fine.
> >> > What is the solution for this? I should add that I went out and paid
> >> > through
> >> > the nose for a new XP Pro, but it won't install. First it gives a
> >> > message
> >> > that this version can't be upgraded, then it goes to a blue screen and
> >> > loads
> >> > tons of files but stops, giving a message that my hard drive is missing
> >> > or
> >> > corrupted. I thought that was bizzare (presuming that on a machine
> >> > without
> >> > a
> >> > hard drive I wouldn't be able tot use the 'net, type this message etc.)
> >> > so
> >> > ran the diagnostic. All tests, quick, SMART and comprehensive passed.
> >> > Pretty
> >> > peeved that a previously fine system suddenly becomes 'not genuine' and
> >> > that
> >> > the purchased XP Pro (not cheap!) - which the shop won't replace or
> >> > refund -
> >> > didn't fix the issue. Now what do I do?
> >>
> >>
> >>
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