Hi,
WindowsXP is much less fault tolerant than Windows98. Your situation
suggests a hardware problem - either a misconfiguration or a bad component.
Recheck cabling, jumper settings, do NOT overclock, and run a software test
on the ram using something like Docmemory. You might also try limiting
peripherals and booting with only one ram stick installed (if you are using
multiple sticks).
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Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help -
www.rickrogers.org
"JUSTIN LOPER" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:009401c34691$28caafc0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hey guys, lets see if someone can help me with my
> problem here. I just build a new computer AMD ATHLON
> XP2400, 512DDR, ATI128MBDDR,WD 120GB 7200RPM, 12XDVD,
> 52X24X52 CDRW. I i format and partition the hard drive,
> and then insert my Windows Xp Pro Full Cd, i boot from cd
> and the blue installation screen shows up, at the bottom
> it shows the "press f6 for raid drivers or w/e" then
> the "press f2 for recovery". After that it basicly
> freezes, except it is still at the blue screen and it
> still says windows xp installation at the top, but no
> messages at the bottom, and i cant ctrl-alt-del to
> reboot, i've tried 2 different Xp Cds. i have to either
> press reset or shut it down and reboot.I've tried 2
> different Xp Cds. So i installed windows 98, and it works
> just fine. I tried to upgrade from 98se to Xp, still,
> once it gets to that screen, shows the 2 messages then
> freezes at the blue installation screen. I'm not sure
> what this is, i've formatted twice. I'm all out of ideas.
> If anyone could help me i'd greatly appreciate it.
> THANKS FOR YOUR TIME, JUSTIN
