Guest Planner Posted September 3, 2007 Posted September 3, 2007 A friend of mine asked me to build a system for him. This was using an ASUS A8N-E motherboard - 1gb Ram and 500gb SATA HD. This I built and installed XP Pro + SP2. All ran well and handed over to him the system. All has been well for about 3 months and he called me up to say that the PC would no longer boot into XP. Knowing his internet and PC activity, this did not surprise me as he is always downloading games and apps, so I suspected that he had corrupted the file system or the MBR. Anyway I played around with it but with no success so I called him to say that I would need to re- install XP. I loaded the CD, set-up ran, ran a full NTFS format. Then XP loads the initial files onto the PC, once it has completed that operation it then says that you need to restart the machine and then it goes through the set-up loop again and again. The BIOS seems to start OK - no funny error messages. No POST errors. The only peripheral hardware is the DVD drive and a GForce graphics card. No PCI cards. My only other though is a BIOS virus Please can someone advise what maybe causing this. Thanks in advance John
Guest Girish Ramnath Posted September 3, 2007 Posted September 3, 2007 RE: Windows will not install at what point the computer reboots, r u able to enter the gui mode setup screen? "Planner" wrote: > A friend of mine asked me to build a system for him. This was using an > ASUS A8N-E motherboard - 1gb Ram and 500gb SATA HD. This I built and > installed XP Pro + SP2. All ran well and handed over to him the > system. > > All has been well for about 3 months and he called me up to say that > the PC would no longer boot into XP. > > Knowing his internet and PC activity, this did not surprise me as he > is always downloading games and apps, so I suspected that he had > corrupted the file system or the MBR. Anyway I played around with it > but with no success so I called him to say that I would need to re- > install XP. I loaded the CD, set-up ran, ran a full NTFS format. Then > XP loads the initial files onto the PC, once it has completed that > operation it then says that you need to restart the machine and then > it goes through the set-up loop again and again. > > The BIOS seems to start OK - no funny error messages. No POST errors. > The only peripheral hardware is the DVD drive and a GForce graphics > card. No PCI cards. > > My only other though is a BIOS virus > > Please can someone advise what maybe causing this. > > Thanks in advance > John > >
Guest Planner Posted September 3, 2007 Posted September 3, 2007 Re: Windows will not install On Sep 3, 10:42 pm, Girish Ramnath <GirishRamn...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > at what point the computer reboots, r u able to enter the gui mode setup > screen? > > "Planner" wrote: > > A friend of mine asked me to build a system for him. This was using an > > ASUS A8N-E motherboard - 1gb Ram and 500gb SATA HD. This I built and > > installed XP Pro + SP2. All ran well and handed over to him the > > system. > > > All has been well for about 3 months and he called me up to say that > > the PC would no longer boot into XP. > > > Knowing his internet and PC activity, this did not surprise me as he > > is always downloading games and apps, so I suspected that he had > > corrupted the file system or the MBR. Anyway I played around with it > > but with no success so I called him to say that I would need to re- > > install XP. I loaded the CD, set-up ran, ran a full NTFS format. Then > > XP loads the initial files onto the PC, once it has completed that > > operation it then says that you need to restart the machine and then > > it goes through the set-up loop again and again. > > > The BIOS seems to start OK - no funny error messages. No POST errors. > > The only peripheral hardware is the DVD drive and a GForce graphics > > card. No PCI cards. > > > My only other though is a BIOS virus > > > Please can someone advise what maybe causing this. > > > Thanks in advance > > John Sorry - What do you mean by "at what point the computer reboots, r u able to enter the gui mode setup screen?" All that happens is it loads the initial set-up files (Windows set-up with blue background) then reboots and repeats the whole process
Guest Daave Posted September 3, 2007 Posted September 3, 2007 Re: Windows will not install Planner wrote: > I loaded the CD, set-up ran, ran a full NTFS format. Then > XP loads the initial files onto the PC, once it has completed that > operation it then says that you need to restart the machine and then > it goes through the set-up loop again and again. I wonder if you are booting off the CD. When Setup is done copying files and your PC reboots, you should see this message: "Press any Key to Reboot" Make sure *not* to press any key! Otherwise it will boot off the CD again rather than the hard drive. See: http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
Guest Unknown Posted September 4, 2007 Posted September 4, 2007 Re: Windows will not install Try disconnecting all external devices. Leave mouse and monitor only connected. Then install. "Planner" <john.o.clarke@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1188854674.332531.245280@k79g2000hse.googlegroups.com... >A friend of mine asked me to build a system for him. This was using an > ASUS A8N-E motherboard - 1gb Ram and 500gb SATA HD. This I built and > installed XP Pro + SP2. All ran well and handed over to him the > system. > > All has been well for about 3 months and he called me up to say that > the PC would no longer boot into XP. > > Knowing his internet and PC activity, this did not surprise me as he > is always downloading games and apps, so I suspected that he had > corrupted the file system or the MBR. Anyway I played around with it > but with no success so I called him to say that I would need to re- > install XP. I loaded the CD, set-up ran, ran a full NTFS format. Then > XP loads the initial files onto the PC, once it has completed that > operation it then says that you need to restart the machine and then > it goes through the set-up loop again and again. > > The BIOS seems to start OK - no funny error messages. No POST errors. > The only peripheral hardware is the DVD drive and a GForce graphics > card. No PCI cards. > > My only other though is a BIOS virus > > Please can someone advise what maybe causing this. > > Thanks in advance > John >
Guest Planner Posted September 4, 2007 Posted September 4, 2007 Re: Windows will not install On Sep 4, 4:37 pm, "Unknown" <unkn...@unknown.kom> wrote: > Try disconnecting all external devices. Leave mouse and monitor only > connected. Then install."Planner" <john.o.cla...@gmail.com> wrote in message > > news:1188854674.332531.245280@k79g2000hse.googlegroups.com... > > >A friend of mine asked me to build a system for him. This was using an > > ASUS A8N-E motherboard - 1gb Ram and 500gb SATA HD. This I built and > > installed XP Pro + SP2. All ran well and handed over to him the > > system. > > > All has been well for about 3 months and he called me up to say that > > the PC would no longer boot into XP. > > > Knowing his internet and PC activity, this did not surprise me as he > > is always downloading games and apps, so I suspected that he had > > corrupted the file system or the MBR. Anyway I played around with it > > but with no success so I called him to say that I would need to re- > > install XP. I loaded the CD, set-up ran, ran a full NTFS format. Then > > XP loads the initial files onto the PC, once it has completed that > > operation it then says that you need to restart the machine and then > > it goes through the set-up loop again and again. > > > The BIOS seems to start OK - no funny error messages. No POST errors. > > The only peripheral hardware is the DVD drive and a GForce graphics > > card. No PCI cards. > > > My only other though is a BIOS virus > > > Please can someone advise what maybe causing this. > > > Thanks in advance > > John Dear all Sorted it -- I had to delete the old C partition because the Bios will only recognise the first 131gb and I had previously set it to 250gb on the previous rebuild. Thanks to you all for supporting me
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