Cant install onto new hard drive

[Jake]

>-----Original Message-----
>Bought a new Hard Drive but i cant install xp home onto
>it.
>When installing it loads some files then says "cant find
>kbdhid.sys" (this changes every time) and stops
>installing.
>I took hard drive out and put it into a friends pc and
it
>all installed no problem but then when i put it back
into
>mine it wont boot up ( freezes even in safe mode )
>I can also access hard drive as a slave drive so i think
>the hard drive is actually ok.
>Ive changed all cables and ram but still not working.
>Any ideas??
>
>Thanks
>.
>Is your friends PC running WindowsXP???

[Black Baptist]

Jake rambled on in microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers:

>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Bought a new Hard Drive but i cant install xp home onto it.
>>When installing it loads some files then says "cant find
>>kbdhid.sys" (this changes every time) and stops installing.
>>I took hard drive out and put it into a friends pc and it all
>>installed no problem but then when i put it back into mine it wont
>>boot up ( freezes even in safe mode ) I can also access hard drive as a
>>slave drive so i think the hard drive is actually ok.
>>Ive changed all cables and ram but still not working.
>>Any ideas??
>>
>>Thanks
>>.
>>Is your friends PC running WindowsXP???
>

Remove your sound, network, modem and try installing bare bones..also disable
usb in the bios. HTH