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by mike_fry

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I've tried installing NT on a few PC's in stock recently and I get errors once it gets to the point where it starts coping files. I have had this on a few PC's and my Usuall idea is HDD, CD-Rom or something along those lines, but I swap out everything and it still doesn't work. I've used different different HDD, CD's and CD-Roms. It seems to work on some boxes but generally not. This doesn't happen with every PC just some and these few can still work fine with 98??? Help would be appreciated

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by curlergirl

It sounds like you are using some non-NT approved hardware. Are these boxes the same or similar - i.e., same motherboard, HDD controllers, etc? Check the Windows NT Hardware Compatibility List and see if you find your components on this list. Chances are there's something in these PCs that's not on the list and consequently NT can't installed drivers for it. Sometimes you can get around this with third-party drivers, but if its at the lowest level - i.e., mb or HDD controllers, you might have to simply replace the component before NT will install. The HCL is available on the Microsoft web site; to search for your components, go to http://www.microsoft.com/hcl/default.asp. Hope this helps!

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