Hardware malfunction during install

[Timm]

Hello,

I have big troubles with Win XP Home. I tried to install it, but it
failed. Before I had Windows ME, and it worked. Then I removed it
totally (I formatted my partitions) and the installation of Windows XP
Home failed. I did the following:
Boot from WinXP CD. Setup partitions. After that, I had to restart.
The system boots from hard drive. The WinXP logo comes up, the setup
program starts. After some seconds I get a blue screen:
Hardware Malfunction
Call your hardware vendor for support.

NO further information. What to do? I don't know how to solve this
problem. I already checked the Ram, no errors. Please help

 

[Eric Booth]

Hello,

I have big troubles with Win XP Home. I tried to install it, but it
failed. Before I had Windows ME, and it worked. Then I removed it
totally (I formatted my partitions) and the installation of Windows XP
Home failed. I did the following:
Boot from WinXP CD. Setup partitions. After that, I had to restart.
The system boots from hard drive. The WinXP logo comes up, the setup
program starts. After some seconds I get a blue screen:
Hardware Malfunction
Call your hardware vendor for support.

NO further information. What to do? I don't know how to solve this
problem. I already checked the Ram, no errors. Please help

Have a look at this article
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;299340

Eric Booth

 

[Timm]

I doesn't work, too! I get the same message.
Can somebody tell me whether there is a program that checks which
hardware component doesn't work correctly. How does Windows XP check
the hardware?