Re: Help! Issues Installing XP MCE!

Check your Disk drive manufacturers Website for their free utility
downloads there migh be something to confirm the integrity of the boot
sector.

"DAN" <DAN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:F69CAF56-032C-4F9C-B38D-8DBFECF6BD6C@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I'll try another drive to test.
>
> Do you mean what happens if I remove the CD when it reboots?
> It gaives me the message that there is no NTLoader, press alt-ctrl-del to
> reboot.
>
> I've ordered a motherboard/cpu combo that is compatible with my current
> motherboard and cpu. If anything I could test both items at the same
> time.
>
> Thanks for the assist!
>
> "JW" wrote:
>
>> I think you are the right track. The only other thing I can think of is
>> that the boot Partition iis corrupt on not accepting changes from Win98
>> to
>> another OS. you might try Fdisk again and create 2 partitions on the
>> drive
>> and make the second one you create the primary partition and then try
>> installing to it.
>> When your intall stops what happens if you remove the CD?
>> If you currently have multiple partitions is your bios set to boot from
>> the
>> one where the new OS is?
>> If you another drive floating around you might try installing on it.
>>
>> "DAN" <DAN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:4FB23A03-FDED-46CD-8595-C14B5F0DA39F@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Ok, this is what i have tried so far:
>> >
>> > I attempted to install a Retail Version of XP Home I have but it did
>> > the
>> > same thing, it keeps rebooting when Windows copies the files to the
>> > drive.
>> >
>> > I also tried it with a Windows XP Pro upgrade, Windows 2003 Server
>> > Enterprise Edition (180 day trial as this is what we use in school) and
>> > I
>> > kept getting the same issue.
>> >
>> > Friend of mine tried to install Windows 2000 Pro. He got furthur in
>> > the
>> > installation as it took onto the hard drive.
>> >
>> > Now what happened is that after he input the product key it would go
>> > thru
>> > the step of checking and setting up the devices on the pc and then
>> > "boom,"
>> > it
>> > would reboot. He let it go thru the boot up process and again he was
>> > taken
>> > to
>> > the screen where you have to input the Product key (and yes, it is a
>> > valid
>> > key which he uses on his laptop, he just wanted to see if the install
>> > would
>> > at least take on the pc). He did that, went thru the "setting up start
>> > menu
>> > items and initializing devices" and then it did it again! Reboot!!!!
>> >
>> > His opinion is that it might be a component on the motherboard that Win
>> > 2000
>> > and XP family might be trying to access but the component failed and
>> > makes
>> > it
>> > reboot while Win98 being an older OS doesn't acknowledge it.
>> >
>> > This sounds credible as this was also the train of thought I was
>> > leading
>> > to
>> > with all this.
>> >
>> > He also stated there might be a chance that it is the CPU could be the
>> > culprit where 98 isn't really using the processor to it's fullest but
>> > the
>> > 2000 and XP family is. But he's leaning more toward the idea that it is
>> > the
>> > motherboard.
>> >
>> > Any opinions?
>>
>>
>>


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