General Failure Reading Drive A

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    Brian

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    I'm trying to load Windows XP Pro using a USB flash drive but setup stops with the message "General Failure Reading Drive A". How can I get around this problem ?
     
    Brian, Sep 27, 2008
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    it shouldn't be drive A...

    A and B are letters reserved for floppy drives... even if you don't have any installed.

    u should probably be looking for a drive letter like... D or E
     
    simeon, Sep 28, 2008
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    When you boot it up, did you press F12 then select USB HDD?
     
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    Thanks. Yes, I agree that it shouldn't be looking for drive A, but is there a way around it?
    And yes, I set the BIOS priority to the USB stick and it accessed it OK, it was a bit later that it wanted to read drive A. One of our problems with One is that we don't have easy access to drive letters.
     
    Brian, Sep 28, 2008
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