Computer stops right at boot

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[email protected] said:
The thing is, XP would normally halt during install saying it cannot
find the hard disks. But it does copy all of the data over. I may be
dealing with two dissimilar issues: a Vista scratched disc and an XP
problem. It just seems odd that the only OS I can load is Linux. Vista
halts during install, XP -- when I reboot it acts like it can't find
the files it just copied over. Honestly, this is the strangest build I
have done, and I have done 20 or so. It makes me want to buy an HP!
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The symptoms you describe suggest that XP does not see the drives (no
drivers for that particular controller). I have had the same issue with my
present NV680i board and XP. You won't see any problems during the install
until it gets to the point where it actually boots into the OS to continue
intallation. Vista also has a page early in the install where at the
bottom-left side of the page there will be a link to 'Install Drivers" where
you can load the SATA/RAID drivers from floppy, thumb drive or optical disk.
It is possible that you have the same issue with both XP and Vista.


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