Re: Help! Issues Installing XP MCE!

Do you have a running system that you can try copying the content of the CD
to to see if there might be an actual problem with the CD itself.?

"DAN" <DAN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:ED64EE97-195C-4016-9FED-367B1E7D80C4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Yes. I used the the Format with the install CD, I even used FDisk when
> booting from a floppy and a program called Wipeout.
>
> I've also changed the hard drive and kept just one stick of 128 known to
> work ram. Even the IDE ribbon cables were changed to see if there maybe
> was
> a short somewhere. At one point I had the hard drive and the DVD/CD drive
> on
> one IDE cable as master and slave respectfully in that order). I then
> seperated them onto 2 different IDE Controllers and set both as Master.
>
> Also replaced the power supply and tried a different DVD/CD drive.
>
> The only constant in this whole equation has been the Pentium 4 3 GHz CPU
> and the ECS Photon PF1 ver 1.0 with an updated bios. Also just remembered
> that the video card has been constant throughout this.
>
> I've also disabled Hyperthreading on the CPU.
>
> Like I said before, I'm going "Nucking Futs" trying to figure this out.
>
> "JW" wrote:
>
>> Did you also erase the partition where you are installing in and recreate
>> it
>> and format it with using the install CD?
>>
>> "DAN" <DAN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:36318B29-BC4C-404E-BB22-940CA4FFFB51@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > At first I tried it with NTFS, then after many attempts I tried it with
>> > Fat32
>> > but no luck.
>> >
>> > "JW" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Did you format the drive with Fat32 or NTFS?
>> >>
>> >> "DAN" <DAN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> >> news:9B185457-C527-441A-B307-515EF0530020@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> > I'm trying to install Media Center on a PC I built. I have it set
>> >> > to
>> >> > just
>> >> > bare-bones. I am able to format the drive w/ no issue. The problem
>> >> > starts
>> >> > when the installation starts to copy the files to the drive. It
>> >> > reaches
>> >> > about 19-29 percent and then the system just reboots!!!! I even
>> >> > tried
>> >> > just
>> >> > for craps and giggles install Win98 SE and that worked w/ no issues.
>> >> > I'm
>> >> > at
>> >> > wits end with this. PLEASE HELP!
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>


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