XP PRO Installation Stalls

[Guest]

I installed my harddisk in a spare Dell Dimension XPS 300 after the power
supply failed on current PC. I checked and reformatted this disk planing on a
"squeeky" clean install of XP. The installation progressed smoothly until the
"INSTALLING WINDOWS" section began. With 34 minutes left (as indicated on the
monitor) the screen went black and the installation halted. I have repeated
this 3 times with exactly the same result. I am at a loss to know why and how
to continue. Any insight and help would be gratefully
appreciated............Thanks DBG

 

[Nepatsfan]

You might want to take a look at these two articles:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;828267

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;815319

Good luck

Nepatsfan


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[Guest]

How did you reformat the drive,thru the xps300?Try booting to xp cd,select
recovery,press enter for password,then typeiskPart In DiskPart,delete the
partition,create one,then press Esc Key,then type:FORMAT C: /FS:ntfs
When its thru type:EXIT Reboot to xp cd,then select,install xp.Also,make
sure
the jumper pins on all drives are correct.

 

[Guest]

THANKS TO NEPATSFAN AND ANDREW I AM GETTING BACK IN BUSINESS. I REMOVED ALL
OF THE EXTRA HARDWARE FROM THE DEFUNCT PC AND THE DELL300 FINISHED LOADING XP
PRO. I THEN ADD THE ITEMS BACK, ONE AT A TIME AND THE NEW SYSTEM ACCEPTED
EACH ONE. I AM NOW IN THE PROCESS OF REPARTITIONING WITH PARTITION MAGIC. SO
AGAIN, MANY THANKS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS....DBG