- Windows XP installation problem
- Posted by MLK on August 24th, 2003
Hi,
I am having a hard time installing Win XP on my computer.
It boots from CD and after I choose the selection, the system hangs at
"Press any key to boot from CD" screen.
The system is
ASUS CUSI-M motherboard
Celeron 1.1GHz
80G Seagate Barracuda
40x Acer CD ROM
Thought it might be HDD problem and downloaded discwizard from seagate
website but no success.
So I installed HDD on another system with Pentium 233MHz. The installation
worked fine.
Does anyone have any idea? Thanks in advance!
MLK
- Posted by Gerbil Madness on August 24th, 2003
"MLK" <hpp_a@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Have you tried connecting a different cd player?
- Posted by Roy Coorne on August 24th, 2003
MLK a écrit:
....
Your system lacks
- cooling
- RAM
- display adapter
all of which could produce installations probs...
Roy
- Posted by Just Me on August 24th, 2003
what is the drive fat32 or ntfs?
what size men do you have?
MLK wrote:
- Posted by AD C on August 24th, 2003
MLK wrote:
It may seem silly, but have you got two CDrom type devices?
If you have, you may have to use the other or even unplug one, I had
this problem with a mates.
- Posted by jmnugent on August 24th, 2003
Now thats some funny, funny stuff....
--jmnugent
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- Posted by blackgold on August 25th, 2003
Hahaha, Microsoft would certainly object to installing one copy of Windows
to two computers! They would consider as piracy of their software.
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- Posted by MLK on August 25th, 2003
Thanks everyone for the input.
To give more information:
M/B got latest BIOS version installed.
Memory is 256MB
Yes, the systerm got 2 optical drives 40x Acer CD ROM and DVD drive.
I also suspected that so I tried installing with both of them. The problem
still exits. So I unplugged CD ROM and tried with DVD and vice versa but
still no success. It's kind of weird.
As one of you suggested, I tried with different CD ROM drive 24x, still it
won't install.
I can't think of anymore what might be the problem. Please help!
thanks,
MLK
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- Posted by Ancra on August 25th, 2003
On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 18:20:24 +1000, "MLK" <hpp_a@hotmail.com> wrote:
Just in case - nobody else have mentioned it sofar - you have disabled
BIOS virus protection? - Of course you have?
ancra
- Posted by Wuahn on August 25th, 2003
On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 18:20:24 +1000, "MLK" <hpp_a@hotmail.com> wrote:
If the error were DURING the install, I would suggest checking the
memory. Still, it's quick and easy to check it anyway.
http://www.simmtester.com
Download their DocMemory program (it's free) and let it run a few
passes. That should rule out a memory problem.
Try a different video card if you have one. A flaky video card can
simulate the failure of just about any other component in the system.
Try different IDE cables on both your CD-ROM drive and your hard
drive. Double and TRIPLE check the jumper settings on your IDE
devices.
-Wuahn
- Posted by mchiper on August 25th, 2003
"MLK" <hpp_a@hotmail.com> wrote:
No more information on what you have..
More information on:
Neither is run setup, from a file on the CD..
Is it "hung" or just busy, doin it's thing?
Takes a Looooong time to snoop your whole system..
FYI - When I try to do it.. the only HD will be my C: drive.
- Posted by Kevin Kennedy on August 25th, 2003
Had a similar problem recently when reinstalling win98. I solved it by
turning the virus protection (obviously preventing any writes to the boot
sector). Enter setup when you start the computer and check that you have not
got anything to prevent writes to the boot sector ( press the keys suggested
at startup to enter setup)
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- Posted by Kevin Kennedy on August 25th, 2003
Thats virus protection off
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- Posted by Cari on August 23rd, 2004
"Bob Adkins" <bobad@charter.net> wrote in message
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Are you running a Prescott CPU on an Intel i875/i875 chipset. If so which
motherboard.
--
Cari (MS-MVP Windows Client - Printing, Imaging & Hardware)
www.coribright.com
- Posted by Stephen on August 23rd, 2004
On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 06:52:04 -0500, Bob Adkins <bobad@charter.net>
tortured a bunch of electrons for some unknown reason:
If you made your own cd, it may be a bad burn. I've made some
unattended cds with sp2. When burned at the highest speed, they had
read errors. When I dropped the speed down a couple of notches, they
worked fine.
Stephen
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- Posted by kony on August 23rd, 2004
On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 06:52:04 -0500, Bob Adkins
<bobad@charter.net> wrote:
Was system configured *exactly* the same for the last WinXP
install?
Often on a new build, a failure at that point could be memory
related... I always run http://www.memtest86.com for as long as
possible before installing the OS on a box.
- Posted by Cari on August 26th, 2004
Perhaps a Celeron D?
http://forum.aumha.org/viewtopic.php?t=7447
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Cari (MS-MVP Windows Client - Printing, Imaging & Hardware)
www.coribright.com
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