unable to reinstall Windows XP

[Guest Taxman1972]

I have windows XP home edition installed SP3. I am now trying to reinstall XP

from my recovery disk SP1. From the boot menu i choose to boot from the CD,

the installation process starts, i´m not getting any questions or choices

then the installation crashes, bluescreen and the message "STOP: c0000221

unknown hard error\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll".

 

I need help getting solving the problem

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: unable to reinstall Windows XP

 

 

"Taxman1972" <Taxman1972@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:7AA8816C-677E-488B-904B-51E42F446F6C@microsoft.com...

>I have windows XP home edition installed SP3. I am now trying to reinstall

>XP

> from my recovery disk SP1. From the boot menu i choose to boot from the

> CD,

> the installation process starts, i´m not getting any questions or choices

> then the installation crashes, bluescreen and the message "STOP: c0000221

> unknown hard error\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll".

>

> I need help getting solving the problem

 

I can think of two reasons for the problem:

- Your hard disk is defective.

- Your CD defective or is not a WinXP installation disk.

[Guest Taxman1972]

Re: unable to reinstall Windows XP

 

 

 

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>

> "Taxman1972" <Taxman1972@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:7AA8816C-677E-488B-904B-51E42F446F6C@microsoft.com...

> >I have windows XP home edition installed SP3. I am now trying to reinstall

> >XP

> > from my recovery disk SP1. From the boot menu i choose to boot from the

> > CD,

> > the installation process starts, i´m not getting any questions or choices

> > then the installation crashes, bluescreen and the message "STOP: c0000221

> > unknown hard error\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll".

> >

> > I need help getting solving the problem

>

> I can think of two reasons for the problem:

> - Your hard disk is defective.

> - Your CD defective or is not a WinXP installation disk.

>

>

>

I cleaned my CD and installed from another CD-player and that worked. The CD

wasn´t very dirty so I guess the original CD-player was faulty somehow.