Older computer, XP upgrade failure

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Ipsofacto said:
You might check your second machine that is already running XP. Is it the same size? Did it come preloaded? XP (UPGRADE from a win 98 or ME) does not really like FDisk, it recommends you use a disk management snap-in instead to create and format the disk partitions.

XP does not use DOS at all.

Check you system Properties available memory through Control panel or your Windows logo key or (Ctrl+the break key to get there) (that is unless you have a non standard keyboard.

Have you chosen FAT-32 or NTFS. NTFS is more secure, but that is a matter of choice.

I've used FDISK setting up hard drives preparing for an XP install many, many times! Of course, on newer systems, using the FDISK or FORMAT DOS commands is completely unnecessary. All disk preparations are performed by the XP install. At this point, kane702 needs to try another hard drive, or stick with Windows 98SE or Windows 2000 on this system
 
I got it all up and running! Thank you guys so much for the help! I couldn't have done it without you!

I don't know exactly what was wrong but I switched the HDs and cables and reformated them both and it worked.
 
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