17% setup load then CRASH!! over and over

[Brian Winters]

I am re-installing XP Pro (clean) and when I boot with
the cd, it copies some files and then begins copying
files to the hard drive. I get 17% done and it freezes.

I have ran chkdsk /r twice and re-formatted several
times. But, it never fails... 17% and it freezes.

PLEASE HELP!!

Thank you in advance for all of your help!

 

[Guest]

I do not know the whole situation, but I had a quite similar problem. In my case the Windows XP install freezed on ~10-20% and I found out that it was a hardware conflict, after exchanging the graphic card all went ok. So if You are installing XP on a brand new machine than it might be the case. Otherwise, I do not know

 

[Malke]

I am re-installing XP Pro (clean) and when I boot with
the cd, it copies some files and then begins copying
files to the hard drive. I get 17% done and it freezes.

I have ran chkdsk /r twice and re-formatted several
times. But, it never fails... 17% and it freezes.

PLEASE HELP!!

Thank you in advance for all of your help!

Your hard drive or RAM may be faulty. Test the RAM with Memtest86
(www.memtest86.com) and the hard drive with a diagnostic utility from
the drive mftr.

Malke