Re: xp install locked in a loop
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Date: 09/06/04
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Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2004 16:14:18 -0700
As to source of disc try
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regards
anjen
>-----Original Message-----
>The XP boot disks are designed only to facilitate
installing XP on systems
>that are unable to boot from the boot disk.
>
>Unless you are prepared to boot with a 9x boot disk, go
to fdisk, delete the
>non-dos partition, create a new partition, exit, reboot,
format and
>reinstall 98, the 9x boot disk is useless in this
situation.
>
>I take it from your post, this machine previously had 98
and you are now
>trying to install XP. If this is an OEM disk that was
provided with another
>system, it can't be used on this system. We need
information about this
>disk, was it purchased from a reputable retailer? If
purchased online, are
>you sure someone didn't sell you an OEM disk that was
tied to another setup,
>in which case you might just have the type of issue you
describe.
>
>If purchased at retail, did you first run the
compatibility wizard. If not,
>go back to my instructions above, reinstall 98. Once at
a 98 desktop, place
>the XP CD in the drive, when the setup screen appears,
select Check System
>Compatibility, the report it generates may give a clue
as to the source of
>the issue.
>
>The "R" option you used takes the user to the Recovery
Console from which
>some repair work can be done. However, for a repair of
a user's setup, you
>should do a Repair Install. That is not indicated here,
it probably
>wouldn't work because you didn't get a complete install
and it would likely
>stop for the same reasons the initial install stopped.
You need to
>determine what on your system is causing setup to choke
and the
>compatibility wizard can help in that regard.
>
>--
>Michael Solomon MS-MVP
>Windows Shell/User
>Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
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>
>"anjen" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:511201c49128$b695b380$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>> Installing XP Professional (OEM Disc with SP1)all seems
>> to be well, until 13 mins to go during the registering
>> components phase (about50/60% through this bit) when
>> system hangs. Have waited patiently on three occasions,
>> once for nearly an hour. but install justs stalls at
this
>> point. Complete lock out of keyboard. powerdown machine
>> and power up setup picks up at 39 mins remaining
>> and "installs windows" then it hangs again at 13 mins.
>> forcing start from cd rom gives choices. install
windows
>> goes direct to where setup was last. Repair results in
a
>> dos type prompt but no clues as to what to do next and
>> startup from startup disc doesnt work as we haven't got
>> to create a start up disc yet! Is this because windows
>> refers to a logfile when starting or is it because of
>> something else. is there a way of reinstating 98 and
>> starting again or is it a case of force a dos command
>> promt and format the disc and start all over?
>>
>> Can anybody advise me?
>>
>> regards
>>
>> anjen
>> .
>>
>>
>
>
>.
>
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