Can't Install Windows XP

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I am building a computer over spring break and so far I have put it all together. I have a question about some trouble I am having installing Windows XP. I have a new ASUS P4R800-VM motherboard and P4 processor (800 MHz FSB Hyperthreading) and a new ultra DMA/100 hard drive. The motherboard supports ultra DMA/100 and has onboard LAN, AUDIO and VIDEO. I am using my old CD-ROM and CDRW drive. The BIOS recognizes everything during POST. When I put in the Windows XP installation disk it boots from the CD-ROM and begins loading files for installation but when it gets to the part "starting windows" it doesn't continue with the installation. Instead, Microsoft Windows XP<TM> Recovery Console comes up. The motherboard chipset is ATI Radeon<TM> 9100 IGP Northbridge and ATI IXP200 Southbridge. It seems like I've tried everything. I've switched out different hard drives and all of them have done the same thing. I even took one to another computer and installed Windows XP on it without any problems. I then put that hard drive in my new computer and tried to boot it but it would come up asking me to choose normal, safe or last known good configuration and when choosing either one it would reboot and come to the same place every time...an endless cycle of rebooting. I found an old Windows 98 CD and tried to install that and it worked fine until I came to the key code part because I lost all the original documentation. It seemed odd that the Windows 98 installation worked when the motherboard documentation said that it didn't support Windows 98. I'm sorry for such a long email but I am at my witts end. If you aren't too busy, any advice you could offer would be extremely appreciated.
 
Windows XP Does Not Respond at "Setup Is Starting Windows XP" Message
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310760&Product=winxp

How to Troubleshoot Windows XP Problems During Installation
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;310064

Troubleshooting Windows XP Setup
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_setup.htm

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|I am building a computer over spring break and so far I have put it all together. I have a question about
some trouble I am having installing Windows XP. I have a new ASUS P4R800-VM motherboard and P4 processor (800
MHz FSB Hyperthreading) and a new ultra DMA/100 hard drive. The motherboard supports ultra DMA/100 and has
onboard LAN, AUDIO and VIDEO. I am using my old CD-ROM and CDRW drive. The BIOS recognizes everything during
POST. When I put in the Windows XP installation disk it boots from the CD-ROM and begins loading files for
installation but when it gets to the part "starting windows" it doesn't continue with the installation.
Instead, Microsoft Windows XP<TM> Recovery Console comes up. The motherboard chipset is ATI Radeon<TM> 9100
IGP Northbridge and ATI IXP200 Southbridge. It seems like I've tried everything. I've switched out different
hard drives and all of them have done the same thing. I even took one to another computer and installed
Windows XP on it without any problems. I then put that hard drive in my new computer and tried to boot it but
it would come up asking me to choose normal, safe or last known good configuration and when choosing either
one it would reboot and come to the same place every time...an endless cycle of rebooting. I found an old
Windows 98 CD and tried to install that and it worked fine until I came to the key code part because I lost
all the original documentation. It seemed odd that the Windows 98 installation worked when the motherboard
documentation said that it didn't support Windows 98. I'm sorry for such a long email but I am at my witts
end. If you aren't too busy, any advice you could offer would be extremely appreciated.
 
Start with a basic setup. Ram, video, cpu, then trouble shoot from
there. ie dont "put it all together first".
 
computerstudent said:
I am building a computer over spring break and so far I have put it all together. I have a question about some trouble I am having installing Windows XP. I have a new ASUS P4R800-VM motherboard and P4 processor (800 MHz FSB Hyperthreading) and a new ultra DMA/100 hard drive. The motherboard supports ultra DMA/100 and has onboard LAN, AUDIO and VIDEO. I am using my old CD-ROM and CDRW drive. The BIOS recognizes everything during POST. When I put in the Windows XP installation disk it boots from the CD-ROM and begins loading files for installation but when it gets to the part "starting windows" it doesn't continue with the installation. Instead, Microsoft Windows XP<TM> Recovery Console comes up.
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This sounds rather as if, when it reboots the first time, it is
rebooting the CD instead of booting the setup that has already been put
on the Hard drive. Most BIOSes ask for a confirmation that you intend
to do this, but yours may not, or you may be hitting the 'confirm CD
boot' again by mistake. If you are not doing that, catch it at that
point, go into BIOS setup, and change the boot order back to Hard disk
first.
 
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