If the SATA controller is suspect, have you tried switching SATA channels
for the hard drive? Is the CDROM a SATA or PATA device? Can you try a PATA
hard drive temporarily? If the SATA controller turns out to be defective,
you could get a SATA PCI board to use instead of the on-board item. Also,
try switching the SATA cable you are using in case that is a problem.

Good luck - keep us posted.

Peter Shkabara
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-----Original Message-----

I tried to reinstall XP, intending to reformat when offered that option. 
But after copying the initial files and at the "Setup is starting Windows" 
stage---before any actual installation----- I got "Stop Error 0x0000007B 
(0xF899263c, 0xC0000034, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)".

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