Guest Searcher7 Posted October 30, 2008 Posted October 30, 2008 My present drive, which is a old Maxtor 6G with Windows ME, will not allow me to download anything to the USB Micro drive attached to my system. In fact it is so corrupted I can no longer open files or navigate to my computer anymore. In an effort to move on, I grabbed one of three 40G hard drives I have that are the same model and attempted installed Windows XP on it. The install never completed. I tried the second drive and managed what I thought was a successful installation. When hooked up to my system it worked and even allowed internet access without me having to install anything more.That was a couple of months ago.(I put the old Maxtor back in because the important stuff I need is still on it). Last night I tried the 40G so I could download some important files but I couldn't get it to boot up thanks to a corrupted file. So I grabbed the third drive and installed Windows XP on it. This was successful, except that this time it is set up so that I have to type in my password, as an administrator, to get to the desktop. (Something I can't figure out how to undo). But the big problem is that there is nothing on the desktop except the Recycle Bin. Internet Explorer is on the start menu, but does not work. (And I really need to download some important internet files). I'd appreciate any ideas on how to correct this problem.(Plugging and unplugging drives into this system is becoming a real pain). Thanks. Darren Harris Staten Island, New York.
Guest Andrew E. Posted October 30, 2008 Posted October 30, 2008 RE: Problems with XP Perform a "Dynamic" XP installation..Simply boot to xp cd,select install xp, when prompted for a former windows cd,install ME cd,let it verify,remove ME cd,install XP cd,delete partition(s),create one,let xp format & install auto.. Do onto a hd w/o important data,you can retrieve ME data after xp is running. "Searcher7" wrote: > My present drive, which is a old Maxtor 6G with Windows ME, will not > allow me to download anything to the USB Micro drive attached to my > system. In fact it is so corrupted I can no longer open files or > navigate to my computer anymore. > > In an effort to move on, I grabbed one of three 40G hard drives I have > that are the same model and attempted installed Windows XP on it. The > install never completed. > > I tried the second drive and managed what I thought was a successful > installation. When hooked up to my system it worked and even allowed > internet access without me having to install anything more.That was a > couple of months ago.(I put the old Maxtor back in because the > important stuff I need is still on it). Last night I tried the 40G so > I could download some important files but I couldn't get it to boot up > thanks to a corrupted file. > > So I grabbed the third drive and installed Windows XP on it. This was > successful, except that this time it is set up so that I have to type > in my password, as an administrator, to get to the desktop. (Something > I can't figure out how to undo). But the big problem is that there is > nothing on the desktop except the Recycle Bin. Internet Explorer is on > the start menu, but does not work. (And I really need to download some > important internet files). > > I'd appreciate any ideas on how to correct this problem.(Plugging and > unplugging drives into this system is becoming a real pain). > > Thanks. > > Darren Harris > Staten Island, New York. >
Guest Searcher7 Posted November 1, 2008 Posted November 1, 2008 Re: Problems with XP On Oct 29, 10:34 pm, Andrew E. <eckric...@msn.com> wrote: > Perform a "Dynamic" XP installation..Simply boot to xp cd,select install xp, > when prompted for a former windows cd,install ME cd,let it verify,remove > ME cd,install XP cd,delete partition(s),create one,let xp format & install > auto.. > Do onto a hd w/o important data,you can retrieve ME data after xp is running. > > "Searcher7" wrote: > > My present drive, which is a old Maxtor 6G with Windows ME, will not > > allow me to download anything to the USB Micro drive attached to my > > system. In fact it is so corrupted I can no longer open files or > > navigate to my computer anymore. > > > In an effort to move on, I grabbed one of three 40G hard drives I have > > that are the same model and attempted installed Windows XP on it. The > > install never completed. > > > I tried the second drive and managed what I thought was a successful > > installation. When hooked up to my system it worked and even allowed > > internet access without me having to install anything more.That was a > > couple of months ago.(I put the old Maxtor back in because the > > important stuff I need is still on it). Last night I tried the 40G so > > I could download some important files but I couldn't get it to boot up > > thanks to a corrupted file. > > > So I grabbed the third drive and installed Windows XP on it. This was > > successful, except that this time it is set up so that I have to type > > in my password, as an administrator, to get to the desktop. (Something > > I can't figure out how to undo). But the big problem is that there is > > nothing on the desktop except the Recycle Bin. Internet Explorer is on > > the start menu, but does not work. (And I really need to download some > > important internet files). > > > I'd appreciate any ideas on how to correct this problem.(Plugging and > > unplugging drives into this system is becoming a real pain). > > > Thanks. > > > Darren Harris > > Staten Island, New York. Thanks but I really need to be able to download some very important files from the internet. This is where I'm at... Windows XP will not install correctly on the three identical 40G drives I have. After getting past some corruption issues by re- installing WindowsXP on one of those drives and for the first time on the third, it takes several minutes to reach the desktop and Internet Explorer will not work on either of them anyway. My 6Gig drive with WindowsME will not allow me to download to any of the USB Micro drives. I can't even get to them because when I attempt to open "My Computer" (or any desktop folder for that matter) I get a pop-up that says, "Explorer has caused an error in KERNEL32.DLL". My cursor will not work in "Safe Mode", so that knocks out a lot of repair options. And lastly the 160Gig SATA drive I used to have plugged into the motherboard via a SATA to IDE adaptor (before it "died") is working again. Albeit via a SATA to USB adaptor. But I can't boot from it even if I disconnect all other drives, and when I navigate to it in "My Computer" using one of the 40Gig drives as the "C" drive, I still can't open Internet Explorer (which used to work when using the SATA to IDE adaptor). I'm desperate to find a solution. Thanks. Darren Harris Staten Island, New York.
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