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Subject: [Leica] OT: Help reinstalling Windows XP
From: digiratidoc at gmail.com (James Laird)
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 17:15:34 -0500
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Greg,

Disconnected the USB ports except for the mouse and keyboard, the
firewire card and card reader. Hope it works!

Jim

On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 5:14 PM, James Laird <digiratidoc at gmail.com> 
wrote:
> Greg,
>
> I'm doing that as we speak...and you vegetate in front of the fire.
>
> Jim
>
> On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 5:08 PM, Greg Lorenzo <gregj_lorenzo at 
> hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> digiratidoc at gmail.com writes:
>>
>>>
>>> I just had my hard disk crash on my Dell, bought a new one and I'm
>>> reinstalling Windows XP so I can use a Nikon Coolscan 4000ED. The
>>> computer has a card reader and Windows wants to install my hard drive
>>> as Drive H: instead of Drive C:...anyone know what to do to get XP to
>>> install it as Drive C:?
>>
>> Jim, did you shutdown and disconnect any connected but external devices 
>> such as printers, etc. and the pc itself before you installed Windows XP? 
>> Format the C drive prior to install?
>>
>> I would not install a card reader until after I got a clean OS install.
>>
>> Here's a link worth reading: 
>> http://tweakhound.com/xp/installxp/installXP1.htm
>>
>> Greg Lorenzo
>> Calgary, Canada
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