Maxtor 120 gb hard drive problem

[counterstrikehac]

i have a new Maxtor 120gb hard drive brand new and when i try to install windows xp on it at the last step i get a blue screen its driving me crazy please help.

 

[counterstrikehac]

bump

 

[b3rt_d4ni3l]

Does this occur everytime you try to install XP?

 

[counterstrikehac]

Does this occur everytime you try to install XP?

yes it does.

 

[salman]

I think your HDD is probably faulty eventhough it is new, try to take it back to where you bought it and exchange it for another.

 

[philapcrepair]

Is there a message displayed on the blue screen? If yes, what does it say?

 

[counterstrikehac]

I think your HDD is probably faulty eventhough it is new, try to take it back to where you bought it and exchange it for another.

now my bro is really smart wit computers he said if it was bad it won't start up.

 

[counterstrikehac]

Is there a message displayed on the blue screen? If yes, what does it say?

something about disk space and bois update

 

[philapcrepair]

something about disk space and bois update

That's exactly what it is my friend .. just as I thought. You need to update your BIOS to support large HD. You probably had your motherboard for a while now.

 

[counterstrikehac]

That's exactly what it is my friend .. just as is thought. You need to update your BIOS to support large HD.

i can't though cause i don't have windows

 

[johnb35]

Is this a SATA hard drive? If it is, you most likely have to press f6 at the beginning of XP install to install the SATA controller driver for the system to see the hard drive. This is usually what happens when you use a SATA hard drive on an older chipset.

 

[counterstrikehac]

if u want me to show u guys a pic of the problem i will just tell me how to upload it to the website

 

[Cromewell]

If your picture is big you probably can't upload it here. Upload it to www.imageshack.us then post the picture here.

 

[counterstrikehac]

http://s224.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/keip82_photo/?action=view&current=Picture008-1.jpg


http://s224.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/keip82_photo/?action=view&current=Picture009-1.jpg



don't have time to do it the other way

 

[johnb35]

You never did answer if this was a SATA hard drive?

 

[Cromewell]

According to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315335 this error while installing XP is due to bad RAM or the RAM configuration isn't compatible with XP. That being the case, bad RAM is the most likely cause. If you have 2 sticks of RAM remove one and try to install XP again, if it still happens swap sticks of RAM and try again.

If you've only got 1 stick of RAM return it for a new one.

 

[counterstrikehac]

You never did answer if this was a SATA hard drive?

dude to be honest i don't now so don't make fun of me when i say its a ata

 

[counterstrikehac]

will it hurt my computer by just runiing on 1 256 mb ram

 

[Cromewell]

No. The minimum amount of RAM for XP is 64MB.

 

[oscaryu1]

No. The minimum amount of RAM for XP is 64MB.

I thought it was 128MB? 256MB recommended?

See if your brother can get memtest86 on an CD for you. Scan your memory, if it comes up bad then you'll need another stick.