MBR
Norman Silverstone
norman at littletank.org
Mon Sep 20 11:35:56 UTC 2010
> > 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?
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Thanks folks for all the helpful answers I now know what to do.
Norman
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