You have received some good ideas on this topic. I would go ahead and load the XP and would have the system format the hard drive to be sure...
Did the hard drive come with a USB cable? If it did be sure to use that one or one that is the same length. I have found long cables do not always...
There should be a jumper on the mother board that you can remove, turn on your computer, after it boots shutdown the computer. Replace the jumper...
I am a computer technician at a High School in Spartanburg, SC. I am responsible for over 700 computers, the printers, and some Network...
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