Windows XP CD gets stuck ad the beginning

[cnone99]

Hi All,

I have a brand new laptop and it had Windows XP Home installed. However,
due to my special needs, I had to re-partition the windows drive and install
windows again. However, the windows XP Home CD does get stuck after
saying "Setup is now inspecting your computer's harware configuration"
(the screen goes blank and the computer does not respond to the keyboard).

I have tried XP Home CDs and recovery CDs from friends and other sources,
but they all get stuck at the same position.

I have tried changing some values in the BIOS that would be related. I tried
loading the default values in BIOS; no help!

I guess there is some hardware problem but windows was working properly
and in fact linux I installed afterwards is working properly.

Any ideas, suggestions?

Thanks

 

[Nodsu]

What partitioning program did you use?
Try deleting the partitions you created and redo them using the Windows setup.
Windows tends to crap out when it sees a broken/peculiar partition table.

You could have an unradable WIndows CD too. Lend a working copy from someone to rule out that possibility.

 

[cnone99]

I have used the partitioning tools from linux. I will try removing the partitions and try again.

I have already used CDs from friends. no help.

 

[cnone99]

Ok guys, I have solved the problem.

From linux, I have low-level formatted the windows partition
using:

cat /dev/zero > /dev/hda1

Then, windows XP passed the stage where it got stuck.

Thanks for the answers anyway.

 

[Nodsu]

Yes. You zeroed out the fishy bootsector and partition table it contained making Windows feel home again.

 

[stig80]

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