Windows XP setup diagnostics/debug available?

[Guest lewist57]

I recently built a new custom computer that would not install XP 32, x64 or

Server 2003. All setup routines either rebooted or hung at the text window

"Setup is starting Windows". I had never encountered this problem before,

but found hundreds of web pages with people who have had problems with XP

setup, as well as a few informative KB articles, but no one set of "this is

the answer!" results. My question is: is there any built in or add on

diagnostic or debug routines that would allow an advanced user to determine

why the setup routine is not completing? In my case, it was the motherboard,

but it would have saved me a good week of spare time in trying "every trick

in the [internet] book" trying to get XP to setup properly.

[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: Windows XP setup diagnostics/debug available?

 

The setup logs are written to the root of the boot drive.

 

"lewist57" <lewist57@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:35AA9EC6-5F4F-4BD1-A676-92A221CA80C1@microsoft.com...

>I recently built a new custom computer that would not install XP 32, x64 or

> Server 2003. All setup routines either rebooted or hung at the text window

> "Setup is starting Windows". I had never encountered this problem before,

> but found hundreds of web pages with people who have had problems with XP

> setup, as well as a few informative KB articles, but no one set of "this

> is

> the answer!" results. My question is: is there any built in or add on

> diagnostic or debug routines that would allow an advanced user to

> determine

> why the setup routine is not completing? In my case, it was the

> motherboard,

> but it would have saved me a good week of spare time in trying "every

> trick

> in the [internet] book" trying to get XP to setup properly.

[Guest lewist57]

Re: Windows XP setup diagnostics/debug available?

 

But if XP setup stops/hangs/reboots at the text window "Setup is starting

Windows", the setup routine has not yet gotten to the point it is identifying

the hard drives, so no logs are available for review.

 

"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:

> The setup logs are written to the root of the boot drive.

>

> "lewist57" <lewist57@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:35AA9EC6-5F4F-4BD1-A676-92A221CA80C1@microsoft.com...

> >I recently built a new custom computer that would not install XP 32, x64 or

> > Server 2003. All setup routines either rebooted or hung at the text window

> > "Setup is starting Windows". I had never encountered this problem before,

> > but found hundreds of web pages with people who have had problems with XP

> > setup, as well as a few informative KB articles, but no one set of "this

> > is

> > the answer!" results. My question is: is there any built in or add on

> > diagnostic or debug routines that would allow an advanced user to

> > determine

> > why the setup routine is not completing? In my case, it was the

> > motherboard,

> > but it would have saved me a good week of spare time in trying "every

> > trick

> > in the [internet] book" trying to get XP to setup properly.

>