Hi.  This may sound dumb, but what the heck.

I recently had a similar problem installing ME after formatting a drive.
When I formatted, I automatically added the /s to the command and added the
system files, this was done using a Win98 start-up disk.  I then set the
BIOS to boot from CD, inserted the disk and away it went, only to stop
reporting that the HD already had a system on it.

To make sure none of the files remained, I reformatted the HD, without
adding the system files and the install went OK.  I suppose that if ME were
installed on another HD and then an ME start-up disk made, the format system
files that would create would be compatible.

Just a thought

Noel

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