XP Pro install in never ending loop

**cmputrskillme** · April 20th, 2005, 03:42 AM

Oh boy, your using a Maxtor Large Capacity Drive ha?

Just went through this with a customers machine. Make sure your disk is XP with SP2 (whether it be home or pro) and go to Maxtor.com and get the BIG DRIVE ENABLER patch and see what happens with your installation.

That Maxtor drive was a pain in the A$$!!!!! Will not read any larger than 130 without the 48 bit LBA support installed and enabled, which comes with SP2. The only way we got it was to use XP disk with SP2. We use OEM disks purchased at a discount that say "dell" on them and ours didn't have SP2. However, our Home disk did!

Hope it helps!

Sharon

**mdainow** · April 21st, 2005, 00:01 AM

Zipp, I've since posting run a diagnostic tool on both the RAM and HD, neither showed up any errors. (I'm assuming if it was power it'd be failing on something obvious?)

Sharon, thanks. I'm trying to install with an original XP, I don't have anything else.
I'm going to take it to a man who has a much knowledge than me.. I'll suggest that to him.

I've found many posts commenting on how difficult the motherboard can be to use with pratically exactly the same problem,which is slightly reassuring. However, their remedies haven't worked for me.

I'll see what happens with the guy, I'll post back with a resolution if found.. for the archives

**efc** · April 21st, 2005, 03:08 AM

I know that some of you will think this is a drastic solution. I have had this problem before.

Fixed it by getting drive manufactures diagnostic utilities and wrote "0's" to the drive. After that I did a fresh xp install.

**PIPER** · April 21st, 2005, 06:39 AM

Originally Posted by efc

I know that some of you will think this is a drastic solution. I have had this problem before.

Fixed it by getting drive manufactures diagnostic utilities and wrote "0's" to the drive. After that I did a fresh xp install.

Low level format...........