Attempting Partition Reinstallation of Windows... freezes at rando

[Guest]

Hello, I'm hoping I may get some help with this problem here. (Forgive the
long post, I just want to explain the entire situation)

I have been trying to reformat my HDD and re-install Windows XP Home from a
factory partition on my eMachines T6212. On boot I enter the reformat menu
"PC Angel" and select the option to erase HDD contents, and reinstall
everything to factory status. It runs through it's initial process fine, and
soon a dialog box prompst me to click the restart button. When the computer
reboots I am greeted by the Windows XP installation screen, and it soon
begins "detecting and installing devices such as your keyboard and mouse"
Where it tells you the screen may flicker, well, it hardly flickers, instead
it locks up completely. I've tried leaving it on for several hours... it
remains on the locked screen. I've even tried a hard reboot, it seemed to
continue where it left off, until it moves a few more items down the list,
and promptly freezes again.

Another problem is that the computer had Windows XP factory installed, so
there were no Windows discs with it.

Could it be a problem caused by hardware I have installed in the computer?
So far, the only things that have been done are a new 500watt power supply, 1
additional GB of Corsair RAM, and an ATI Radeon x1600 Pro 512MB graphics
card. This setup worked fine for about 2 weeks, when one day I boot up, and
discover that my browser, windows, and application audio is completely gone.
I searched for a fix on the Macromedia forums (first thing I noticed was that
flash applications had no audio), tried several solutions... to no avail, so
I think I can just reformat. Apperently not. I am completely dumfounded with
this... Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank You.

 

[Roberto]

Hello, I'm hoping I may get some help with this problem here. (Forgive the
long post, I just want to explain the entire situation)

I have been trying to reformat my HDD and re-install Windows XP Home from
a
factory partition on my eMachines T6212. On boot I enter the reformat menu
"PC Angel" and select the option to erase HDD contents, and reinstall
everything to factory status. It runs through it's initial process fine,
and
soon a dialog box prompst me to click the restart button. When the
computer
reboots I am greeted by the Windows XP installation screen, and it soon
begins "detecting and installing devices such as your keyboard and mouse"
Where it tells you the screen may flicker, well, it hardly flickers,
instead
it locks up completely. I've tried leaving it on for several hours... it
remains on the locked screen. I've even tried a hard reboot, it seemed to
continue where it left off, until it moves a few more items down the list,
and promptly freezes again.

Another problem is that the computer had Windows XP factory installed, so
there were no Windows discs with it.

Could it be a problem caused by hardware I have installed in the computer?
So far, the only things that have been done are a new 500watt power
supply, 1
additional GB of Corsair RAM, and an ATI Radeon x1600 Pro 512MB graphics
card. This setup worked fine for about 2 weeks, when one day I boot up,
and
discover that my browser, windows, and application audio is completely
gone.
I searched for a fix on the Macromedia forums (first thing I noticed was
that
flash applications had no audio), tried several solutions... to no avail,
so
I think I can just reformat. Apperently not. I am completely dumfounded
with
this... Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank You.

Remove all the H/Ware you added and try reinstalling again

rgds
Roberto

 

[Guest]

Remove all the H/Ware you added and try reinstalling again

rgds
Roberto

Even the power supply?

 

[Roberto]

Even the power supply?

Yes I would remove everything, take the hardware back to how it was
when it was working correctly, if you get a successful installation you
can add one item at a time until it breaks again - there's your
culprit, just be systematic. Likewise don't add all your software in
one big install, create restore points for each program you
install. and see how they go for a number of days.

rgds
Roberto

 

[Jonny]

The swap of a power supply, or the addition of RAM should not affect what
you're attempting.
The video card will.

This is assuming that the RAM added is configured properly, and works well
with what is already onboard.

 

[Guest]

Well, this is a complete bummer now...

I removed all of my newer hardware except for the power supply, and it still
froze up at the same spots.

Through happenstance that day, I mentioned the problem to a friend I haven't
talked to in a while, and he happened to have an XP Home disc I could use to
install. Wonderful I thought! So, I put it in and run through the motions, it
detects my old installation, and asks if I would like to repair it, I say
yes, and it soon runs through the areas that were giving me problems before.
It slices through them like butter, and quickly starts the Product Key
prompt... and even after I check repeatedly for accuracy, it continuously
tells me my product key is invalid.

I have never had this much trouble installing an OS, or reformatting. And I
am getting so sick and tired of dealing with it, I'm almost ready to give
up...

Last thing I want to do is actually go out and but another copy of Windows
just because it wont accept the blasted key!

 

[Richard Urban]

Are you using XP Home also? You need a disk exactly the same as what you
have installed now for "your" product key to work with the substitute disk.
Also, you can not use an OEM disk with a retail key.

--
Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Guest]

Are you using XP Home also? You need a disk exactly the same as what you
have installed now for "your" product key to work with the substitute disk.
Also, you can not use an OEM disk with a retail key.

--
Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!