HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WINDOWS XP WONT LOAD!!!!!!!!!!!

[Matthew]

I just loaded ( well at least tried to load) windows xp
on my computer and installation seems to be going
fine..then the setup screen gets to the where it
says "FINALIZING INSTALLATION: Setup will complete in
approximately 19 minutes". Below this the bar moves only
a small portion to da right and then stops. I tried
keeping the computer on all night and unpluggging devices
and it still dont seem to move. Even if i restart the
computer it stops at the same spot each time.....I have
antivirus software but i disabled it....somebody PLEASE
HELP ME!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)]

Reinstall your previous version of Windows, then, while at the desktop of
that version, place the XP CD in the drive, when the setup screen appears,
select "Check System Compatibility."

 

[Guest]

i got windows ME and i dont want 2 use the system restore
disk. WHAT DO I DO??????????

 

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)]

You are saying that Windows ME is only on a recovery disk? You need to find
out what's causing the problem. You appear to have some hardware problem.
Failing my previous response which was a means of trying to diagnose the
source, about all you can do is disconnect everything from the system,
remove all add-in cards except the graphics card since the system won't boot
without it and then try to install XP.

If that doesn't work, you most assuredly need to go back to ME. While this
is some work, you'll need to get some idea of what's going on and the
compatibility checking may zero in on the problem. At this point, it's not
as though you have anything to lose by doing this.

 

[MATTHEW]

i DONT KNOW HOW TO GO BACK 2 WINDOWS ME AND I CANT USE MY
COMPUTER UNTIL THEN...CUZ EVERYTIME I TURN ON MY COMPUTER
IT GOES 2 THE SETUP WHERE WINDOWS XP LEFT OFF....I NEED
HALP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)]

Any chance you could turn off your caps lock, it's disconcerting and
considered shouting.

I'm trying to help but you keep giving additional information which in turn
throws roadblocks in the way of any help I can offer. Does your computer
have any documentation that tells how to run its recovery procedure?

If you have an actual ME CD and simply called it a recovery CD, have you got
a Windows ME boot floppy? If no, you can go to www.bootdisk.com and create
one. If you boot from that, at the prompt, type fdisk and press enter,
delete the non-dos partition, create a primary dos partition, set it active
and exit.

If it says you have no non-dos partition your system is still fat32, delete
the primary DOS Partition, create a new one, set it active and exit fdisk,
reboot the system with ME floppy in the drive and at the prompt type format
C: and press enter. Once format is
complete, change to your CD-ROM drive and with the 98 CD in the drive,
type setup, press enter and follow the screens.

At the moment, you have a butchered install, likely caused by some hardware
conflict that needs to be resolved before you can install XP. If you are in
over your head on this, I suggest you take the computer to a shop where at
least they may be able to reset your system to factory defaults for you.

 

[Guest]

What is the 98 CD and will this procedure delete
everything i have on my computer like music files and
other stuff????????????/

-----Original Message-----
Any chance you could turn off your caps lock, it's disconcerting and
considered shouting.

I'm trying to help but you keep giving additional information which in turn
throws roadblocks in the way of any help I can offer. Does your computer
have any documentation that tells how to run its recovery procedure?

If you have an actual ME CD and simply called it a recovery CD, have you got
a Windows ME boot floppy? If no, you can go to

www.bootdisk.com and create

 

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)]

I'm sorry, that should have read ME CD and yes, it will delete everything on
the system partition but that may well be a moot point at this time because
the broken install would seem to have already done that.

 

[Guest]

wut is the read ME CD????????

-----Original Message-----
I'm sorry, that should have read ME CD and yes, it will delete everything on
the system partition but that may well be a moot point at this time because
the broken install would seem to have already done that.

--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
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[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)]

Sorry, the day is catching up with me, I left out some punctuation. It's
the ME or Millennium CD, was that not the operating system you said you
previously had?