Main Installation of Windows XP

[Guest Moogleez]

I am currently running an Intel Celeron 566 Mhz with a 40 gig harddrive and

256 mg ram. It had Windows XP on it before i owned it and so I figured

formatting and reinstalling Windows XP would erase any or all imformation

they would have had on this pc. My problem however is with the installation

of Windows XP itself. It will not run the 2nd phase of the installation

process. I honestly have no idea what could be causing this so any help is

great.

 

Please refer to :

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/winxp/install.mspx

for the installation guide

 

Thank You, Moogleez

[Guest Malke]

Re: Main Installation of Windows XP

 

Moogleez wrote:

> I am currently running an Intel Celeron 566 Mhz with a 40 gig harddrive

> and 256 mg ram. It had Windows XP on it before i owned it and so I figured

> formatting and reinstalling Windows XP would erase any or all imformation

> they would have had on this pc. My problem however is with the

> installation of Windows XP itself. It will not run the 2nd phase of the

> installation process. I honestly have no idea what could be causing this

> so any help is great.

>

> Please refer to :

> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/winxp/install.mspx

> for the installation guide

 

What error messages do you get? What happens exactly? Just saying "will not

run..." isn't enough.

 

Failure to install an operating system is usually caused by:

 

1. Bad install disk (test on another system); or

 

2. With XP, it can also be a mismatched install disk; i.e. one that is from

a BIOS-locked OEM system such as a Dell; or

 

3. Bad hard drive; or

 

4. Bad RAM.

 

This is quite an elderly machine you've got. It would not be surprising if

hardware components are failing. But you'll need to provide some more

details.

 

Malke

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