"Ralph Mowery" <rmowery28146@earthlink.net> wrote in
news:6qmdnXrii_9GfdvXnZ2dnUVZ_tWdnZ2d@earthlink.co m:

>
> "Jacques E. Bouchard" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message > But
> what if you start from scratch on a brand new, sealed HD, as I did?
> How
>> could the MBR be corrupted on that?
>>
>>
>> jaybee
>
> I asked one time but did not get a reply. As you started with a new
> drive did you partition the drive and did you mark a partition as
> Active ?

Yes, during the installation WinXP will ask to create a partition then
formats it (not a quick format).


J.