Xp Installation

[hey_suburbia]

I'm installing XP from a real disk and I deleted my current partition, then formatted it using NTFS, It goes through and copies the files it needs then says it will restart in 10 seconds, and continue installation. It restarts, then I just get a black screen, nothing..... I waited for about 10 minutes still nothing, deleted the partition and tried again, same thing... Any ideas??? Thanks

[MUSLEMAN]

what is your version xp and what kind of mother board do you have??

[hey_suburbia]

Not sure on the model number and all that, but it's a:
P3
800mhz
Hewlett Packard
The hardware is factory default, bought from circuit city in 2000


Trying to install:
Windows® XP Professional SP1




I was able to install it on a shitty old laptop, Dell Inspiron 333mhz P2. ?????

Thanks a lot.

[Russo]

Every time it reboots, take the CD out untill it loads the the current progress, then put the CD back in. dont let the PC reboot with the CD in the Rom

[MUSLEMAN]

is this a laptop or desktop??

[sparsely]

Originally posted by Russo@26 October 2003 - 06:38
Every time it reboots, take the CD out untill it loads the the current progress, then put the CD back in. dont let the PC reboot with the CD in the Rom
I"m curious to see if that's the problem.
I almost suggested that, but I wasn't too sure.

[hey_suburbia]

It's a desktop,

It's actually my sisters computer, so i'm gonna have to wait till tommorow to give it another shot.

I tried re-booting without the cd in, and I came to a different black screen (I think it's a windows 98 thing) where it shows the boot progress in white squares along the bottom of the screen.

Thanks for the suggestions, I'm gonna try it again. Anything else you could think of that could help out?

Change boot order?


Thanks guys!

[MUSLEMAN]

Originally posted by hey_suburbia@26 October 2003 - 03:53
It's a desktop,

It's actually my sisters computer, so i'm gonna have to wait till tommorow to give it another shot.

I tried re-booting without the cd in, and I came to a different black screen (I think it's a windows 98 thing) where it shows the boot progress in white squares along the bottom of the screen.

Thanks for the suggestions, I'm gonna try it again. Anything else you could think of that could help out?

Change boot order?


Thanks guys!
one more question, is this the first time you are trying to install xp pro on this labtop or did it have it before???

[hey_suburbia]

The cpu i'm installing on is a desktop with windows 98

[MUSLEMAN]

Originally posted by hey_suburbia@26 October 2003 - 03:58
The cpu i'm installing on is a desktop with windows 98
not sure but computers do stop responding during Setup because of failed or failing hardware, and incorrect or outdated BIOS (basic input/output system) settings. Checking your hardware settings and drivers and updating your BIOS usually solves these problems, don't hold me to it this might not be it, i'm just saying these are the typical cases, you should also check your hardware and make sure its compatible good luck

[LTJBukem]

Originally posted by MUSLEMAN+26 October 2003 - 08:03--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (MUSLEMAN @ 26 October 2003 - 08:03)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-hey_suburbia@26 October 2003 - 03:58
The cpu i&#39;m installing on is a desktop with windows 98
not sure but computers do stop responding during Setup because of failed or failing hardware, and incorrect or outdated BIOS (basic input/output system) settings. Checking your hardware settings and drivers and updating your BIOS usually solves these problems, don&#39;t hold me to it this might not be it, i&#39;m just saying these are the typical cases, you should also check your hardware and make sure its compatible good luck [/b][/quote]
MUSLEMAN is right. You need to update your BIOS and check your hardware&#39;s compatible with XP.

Updating your BIOS will probably solve it. I had exactly the same thing happen on a friends machine where it would hang after the first reboot. If you&#39;re not sure about how to do this, http://www.wimsbios.com/ is a great site. Be sure to post again if you any further problems.

Good Luck. :)

[boyzeee]

go into ya bios and if it has the option to restore failsafe settings enable it, this will turn off any advanced settings that may be causing issues, you can always enable it after you have got it to boot. also try taking things out of your pc like modems, tv cards etc that are known to cause issues with setup in xp. as before you can always put them in after you get it to boot for the first time. also try booting in safe mode, just after first bios screen but before the windows screen hit f8 and a menu will come up, select safe mode, let windows open then shut down it down and restart. ;)

[hey_suburbia]

Thanks a lot guys,

It ended up finishing the install after 3 attempts to reboot without the cd.

With the cd in it would just freeze on black.

Without the cd in, it froze the first time. Then it froze on a loading screen (black screen with white squares on the bottom showing the load progress) Finally it booted into the GUI XP install interface and went no problems...

Thanks again

[Wizzandabe]

It ended up finishing the install after 3 attempts to reboot without the cd

OMG, you really didnt know what you were doing. :P
But if that was me I would of shat my pants, the thing that runs my PC, crashed. <_<