You can set the HD order in BIOS, making the SATA one first in line. Windows accesses the HDs primarily by drive's/partition's numbers designated by SATA or IDE channels, and not letters. By default,...

There are tools that can retrieve your product key, but they are shady stuff.

The only one (http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/keyfinder.exe) that I've managed to find that DOESN'T seem to be malware...

Try resetting your modem/router.

I also used TweakUI and I never got any RocketDoc with it.

That registry entry is obviously a rootkit.
Rootkit=invisible entry used by malware and copy-protection software (securom, which DOESN'T...

Please, clarify what do you mead by "entry that doesn't have any name"
Entries in "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" are all Dwords and all must have "names".
For example:
Dword name...

I'm not familiar with Macs or their OSes, but simply deleting the partitions and/or logical drives is enough to prepare it for new machine, giving that Mac's OS bootable CD/DVD is capable of creating...

2 CD drives.. Maybe you have virtual drive, like daemon tools?

Is your physical CD drive working? If not, that might be the cause of your problems.

Advice on the side:
Check if your hard drive...

You'll need to be more specific.

Which drives?
And what is your current drives layout? List your drives and drive-letters.
For more detailed layout, rightclick "My computer" and select...

Ok, that's what it should be.

There should be entries in your event logs regarding volume errors. You should see if there is any info that could shed some light on what is causing this.

In case...

Yes it would.

Before you try with XP setup CD, try this:

Click Start, then "run" and type regedit

Look for "HKEY_Local_mackine\System\currentControlSet\Control\Session manager". Click on...

Once you manage to install it, I advise you to:

- Change BIOS settings to default ones
- Install service pack 3 (if it is XP sp0/1/2)
- Install Motherboard drivers
- Plug back in the second VGA...

Try toggling that settings. If possible, disable USB2.0 support and leave it on legacy only, but do change it back once you manage to install XP and motherboard drivers. Legacy USB (a.k.a. USB 1.1)...

And one more thing:

Use 1 VGA. Atleast for setup.

I'm not 100% certain, but I'm bretty sure that SLi technology doesn't support different VGA models. You say that you have one 1 GB and one 512...

Getting PS/2 keyboard or USB-PS/2 converter could bypass your problem. My guess is that it is a problem with obvious lack of drivers that XP comes with. (hence the need of f6 drivers and floppy...

Could you post the specs? (Motherboard model or laptop model)

Maybe your PC simply freezes?

Try skipping the ethernet driver. You can always install it post-setup.

This (http://www.wirelesskeylogger.com/wysiwyg_images/ps2.jpg) is PS/2 port. Both keyboard and mouse could be plugged in PS/2 ports and it is universal. USB ports can be a problem on new boards in...

a) You can always "click" using keyboard.
b) If it is USB mouse, try PS/2 if possible. (vice-versa)

Usually yes, if the appropriate drivers are installed and if the design isn't flawed like nForce4 chipset and its hardware-driven firewall. Otherwise, they would be redundant.

Try this:

After you attempt booting into normal mode hit CTRL-ALT-DEL and select task manager.
In the processes tab kill any "explorer.exe" that might be running.
In the "file" menu select "New...

Make sure that you hook it up to NT/2k//XP system. W95/98 (and Me, I think) won't read NTFS without add-on.

Ahh, THAT networking.

What update is it? (the KB number)

*yawn* no. I pass out from time to time. You?

Aghh, who am I kidding. Me and networking. Ha! A good one.

Their hotline was off-line too. (rhymes!)

You are using a left-handed settings.
Go to control panel, doubleclick(the right one in your case) mouse and the uncheck first checkbox (switch primary and secondary buttons) and that's the last...