Re: XP Pro Install prob

Ok I'll try that next. I just didn't want to be chasing too many
ghosts...someone had told me that XP will lock me out of installing after a
certain amount of attempts at installing.

Just in case... how can I reformat if I wanted to start clean clean?

tnx


"Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| Rob Giordano (Crash) wrote:
| > Howdy all...
| >
| > Attempting clean install of XP Pro on
| > New:
| > Abit mb
| > Sony CD/DVD burner
| > NO floppy
| > Maxtor HD
| > 1 gig ram
| >
| >
| > Up till the wee hours with problem.
| >
| > Partitioned hd fine, two partitions C & D.
| >
| > XP gets up to the point where it's actually starting to install
| > itself, then we get error about not finding I386, somekind of
| > manifest error (forgive me but don't remember the exact errors
| > since we tried it so many times, and Im now kinda burned out on
| > this).
| >
| > For a while it would ask to put the CD in or point to where I386
| > was, we tried this abt 5 times, now it doesn't even ask for that.
| > We are stuck in somekind of half-installed loop.
| >
| > I even tried using the full XP Pro CD from my machine, that didn't
| > work. We don't ever get to where it asks for the key...so I thought
| > this might work..nope.
| >
| > This is an xmas present for my daughter so my son and I were
| > messing with this for a long time. Probably tried 10 times to get
| > this installed.
| >
| > Maybe its a bad CD or the burner is not reading it correctly?
| >
| > Ok...so should we reformat...but how if we're in this loop and we
| > don't have a Floppy A drive?
| > Should I buy an A floppy drive and try a boot disk?
| > I'm sure the store where I bought the parts will replace the XP Pro
| > disk if I need to also.
| >
| > We've tried a bunch of other things too, which I won't bore you
| > with.
| >
| > Flustered and under the gun (of course...nothing ever goes right
| > when you're rushed)
|
| Your analysis (somewhere near the halfway point) sounds about right.
|
| Either a bad/dirty CD or a bad CD drive.
|
| Clean the CD with a soft/static-free cloth.
| Blow out (gently) the CD drive with canned air.
| Try a different CD drive - even if just a temp replacement from another
| computer.
|
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| Shenan Stanley
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