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Root [CDMA] "Device cannot start, error code 10" trying unlock with HTC method [SOLVED]

Okay, after unplugging, replugging, uninstalling/reinstalling HTC Sync then uninstalling it again (I think) rebooting multiple times, changing USB ports, I got it to push the recovery image to the SD card. Now when I try to flash the recovery image with this command:
"fastboot flash recovery recovery.img"

It just hangs on "sending 'recovery' (5132 KB"). I've left it for over 10 minutes on occasion and it still hangs there. I've tried unplugging/replugging, changing USB ports, etc.
 
Rebooted PC. Got this the first time I ran "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img":

sending 'recovery' (5132 KB)...
FAILED (status read failed (Too many links))
finished. total time: 0.001s

So I ran it again and it hangs on "sending 'recovery' (5132 KB)..." again.
 
It appears that it's actually doing something because if I unplug it, it immediately goes to "FAILED (status read failed (unknown error))" and goes back to a command prompt. It's almost like it can't write to the device or it's really slow or something.
 
I left it on "sending" for about 30 minutes and it just hung. On the right side of the screen there seems to be a green progress bar; it shows about 25% or so the very first time I get the "sending" message, but after that, it doesn't move or change and it seems to freeze up the phone to the point where I cannot use the volume controls to move the selection. Eventually after unplugging/replugging both the cable from the phone and my computer, the phone unfreezes, the progress bar goes away and I can move the selection. The cycle then repeats if I run the command to flash recovery.

I'm at a loss here and have spent entirely too much time on this.
 
Well, apparently the fourth time is a charm; dug out my old XP laptop and it worked the first time. I followed exactly the same procedure I had been using before (download & install Android sdk v15, download & install JDE, download & install HTC Sync, download Android sdk v13 and extract fastboot). I connected the USB port to the PC, it installed the driver correctly, I pushed the files (TWRP and SU) to the SD card, rebooted it into fastboot from a command prompt, device lost connection and fastboot just showed "fastboot" without the USB part, I unplugged the USB port, plugged it back in, it changed to "fastboot USB" and then I flashed recovery and installed SU. Bang, I'm rooted, just like that.

I'm not sure what the issue was, but I hope I don't have to use my old XP laptop every time I want to flash a ROM...
 
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