Re: Installation Problem?

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From: BobK (rk1_at_usernomics[no)
Date: 05/31/04 

Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 16:34:24 GMT

Hello Haus,

I think I meet all the requirements and I did run the WinXP check. What do
you think is light?

1.1gig, 512mb ram, 20gig hard drive

Bob

"Haus" <youknow@Iwillslapyou> wrote in message
news:10bmk47rj58nj2e@corp.supernews.com...
> Hello
> I believe that you are going to need a little more updated machine.
> System requirements.
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/howtobuy/upgrading/sysreqs.asp
>
> --
> Hope This Helps
> Haus
> Not a MVP
> Not a MS-MVP
> Not nothing just a good ole boy..;)
> "BobK" <rk1@usernomics[no spam].com> wrote in message
> news:wqHuc.14217$Fo4.197214@typhoon.sonic.net...
> > Hello Everyone,
> >
> > I am trying to do a clean install of WinXP Pro on an older 1.1 gig
> machine,
> > 512 mb ram, two hard drives, cdrom, floppy, and zip250.
> >
> > Initially WinXP went through the setup process and rebooted itself when
it
> > should have started to install. Several attempts, same result. I don't
> know
> > the BIOS real well but I have set all drives to Auto and the CDROM as
the
> > first Boot device. I am not even sure what drives are primary and
> secondary
> > master and slave.
> >
> > I initially had boot sector problem errors which I am trying to fix.
After
> > tweaking a bit, I am getting different behavior.
> >
> > The CDROM is detected for bootup. The screen goes gray and the cdrom and
> > computer lights act like things are running but the screen is gray.
> >
> > Then after an hour or so I get a blue setup screen (Not the nice WinXP
> > screen) but one that says Setup in the upper left corner and a progress
> bar
> > at the bottom. It shows that setup is Loading Files such as: Kernel
> > Debugger.dll, Toshiba Floppy Driver, SCSI port driver, serial port
> > enumerator, etc. This ran overnight for about 10 hours!
> >
> > Then it stops with Setup is Starting Windows in the progress bar but the
> > lights all go off indicating that it just stopped. When I reboot, it
> starts
> > the process over again.
> >
> > Any idea of what I might try? Is it still a boot sector problem?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Bob
> >
> >
>
>

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