07-20-2008, 07:18 PM
Quote:I had the exact same problem as you when I installed XP Pro on my new computer and went through the same hurdles. Windows Update went fine until SP3 came around, after which all Windows Updates were borked until I searched the Windows Knowledge Base for a solution.
It was kinda infuriating.
A funny thing happened on the way to the forum. The day after I posted above, the primary hard drive in this computer died. No, I didn't have a backup, as I already said. The floppy drives don't seem to be working. I found the empty case to my DOS backup boot CD but the disc was missing. On a clear disc you can seek forever. Fortunately I eventually found the DOS CD and after many trials I was looking at a DOS prompt. I ran FDISK on the new hard drive and formatted a FAT partition. Once I could boot from the hard drive I installed XP on the FAT partition so that I could make a 4k cluster size partion for the real installation of XP. I had to call Microsoft to get XP activated. Then it came time to install SP3. Odd, for some strange reason the subsequent updates did not install. Once again Jarulf and the Lurker Lounge have saved the day.
Now if only my original WoW installation DVD had worked...
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