kristina1978
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I am looking for some help with a windows xp fresh install. It's been 2 days of unsuccessful attempts for me.
I changed mobo and processors in my computer as well as update ram. When I went to install windows xp, it would get to 8% of the install and then tell me that an error has occured and windows will shut down. I tried several times over and got the same error. My hard drive was formatted for the fresh install so there was no windows program running on the harddrive. I search the net and found a thread that said to check the memory. I removed one of the modules from the mobo and low and behold, I installed windows.
After installation completed, I installed the drivers for the mobo, video card and other things. I started to install some software and when I did a restart on the computer, the system just started constantly rebooting after it was running fine. Threads indicated a possible memory prob. Changed the memory stick and still nothing. I was able to go into safe mode and turn off the constant reboot to get and error message and then searched that error message. I checked for more threads and found that there may be a Netgear wireless problem with the driver and sp2. They suggested removing the wireless card and then restarting the computer. I did that and nothing. I changed power supplies thinking that maybe power was not getting to all of the hardware for some reason. Now when I started my computer, it would show the mem size and video card info when you first turn the computer on, then the screen went blank.. black. Tried to go into safe mode, could not screen went black. Tried the xp repair by booting off the cd, and it said that it couldn't copy a file. Tried a fresh install formatting the hard drive agiain and now it says there's files missing from the cd which I have used without prob. in the past.
Someone I talked to suggested making sure I am not trying to use the disk on a re-write cd rom because of possible read errors, tried installing from plan cd drive still getting error messages that files can not be copied. It was also suggested that maybe my hard drive has bad sectors. I installed a new hard drive and tried to load windows on that and I am still getting the same error. I have used the same model mobo and video card (the mobo doesn't have onboard video) in a machine I built for someone else and had no problems. Any suggestions on what else I can try... I am really at my witts end.
Thanks
I changed mobo and processors in my computer as well as update ram. When I went to install windows xp, it would get to 8% of the install and then tell me that an error has occured and windows will shut down. I tried several times over and got the same error. My hard drive was formatted for the fresh install so there was no windows program running on the harddrive. I search the net and found a thread that said to check the memory. I removed one of the modules from the mobo and low and behold, I installed windows.
After installation completed, I installed the drivers for the mobo, video card and other things. I started to install some software and when I did a restart on the computer, the system just started constantly rebooting after it was running fine. Threads indicated a possible memory prob. Changed the memory stick and still nothing. I was able to go into safe mode and turn off the constant reboot to get and error message and then searched that error message. I checked for more threads and found that there may be a Netgear wireless problem with the driver and sp2. They suggested removing the wireless card and then restarting the computer. I did that and nothing. I changed power supplies thinking that maybe power was not getting to all of the hardware for some reason. Now when I started my computer, it would show the mem size and video card info when you first turn the computer on, then the screen went blank.. black. Tried to go into safe mode, could not screen went black. Tried the xp repair by booting off the cd, and it said that it couldn't copy a file. Tried a fresh install formatting the hard drive agiain and now it says there's files missing from the cd which I have used without prob. in the past.
Someone I talked to suggested making sure I am not trying to use the disk on a re-write cd rom because of possible read errors, tried installing from plan cd drive still getting error messages that files can not be copied. It was also suggested that maybe my hard drive has bad sectors. I installed a new hard drive and tried to load windows on that and I am still getting the same error. I have used the same model mobo and video card (the mobo doesn't have onboard video) in a machine I built for someone else and had no problems. Any suggestions on what else I can try... I am really at my witts end.
Thanks
