Hi, I formated & install Win XP home on my old Sata WD 80gb HD. It boots fine on my XP PC (Asus P5K3/P5K premium) but, on my wifes XP PC (Mobo Asus F1A55M LE) although is visible in the Bios Setup will not boot, it goes up to the lines left to right & reboots for ever. It even shows & is read by win. explorer (of wife's PC) when is pigybaged on onother HD that boots. Even tried he "R" on the WinXP CD in desperation with no luck. Any help will be apreciated ..........thanx .........nick
Yes but what mode is the hard drive controller in on her motherboard? SATA does not work out of the box in XP unless you are in IDE mode. If in AHCI you need drivers that XP does not come with and it can cause crash loops not having them.
nichos, If that's the issue you can install AHCI drivers to your wife's computer with TBOSDT. Or reinstall WinXP and load the drivers from a floppy.
