MBR

[Norman Silverstone]

I have an oldish HDD which had Ubuntu installed and I decided to install
XP Pro onto it and use it for some tests I wanted to do. However, I have
been hit by a difficulty, I cannot install XP Pro. The installation goes
OK up to the point when it needs to boot from the HDD and there it stops
giving some most unlikely error about cables. I think I read about
something similar some years ago and the MBR was blamed for this. Is
this likely and, if so, how can I prove it is the case and then put
things right, please?

Norman