Installation Problem?

[BobK]

Hello Everyone,

I am trying to do a clean install of WinXP Pro on an older 1.1 gig machine,
512 mb ram, two hard drives, cdrom, floppy, and zip250.

Initially WinXP went through the setup process and rebooted itself when it
should have started to install. Several attempts, same result. I don't know
the BIOS real well but I have set all drives to Auto and the CDROM as the
first Boot device. I am not even sure what drives are primary and secondary
master and slave.

I initially had boot sector problem errors which I am trying to fix. After
tweaking a bit, I am getting different behavior.

The CDROM is detected for bootup. The screen goes gray and the cdrom and
computer lights act like things are running but the screen is gray.

Then after an hour or so I get a blue setup screen (Not the nice WinXP
screen) but one that says Setup in the upper left corner and a progress bar
at the bottom. It shows that setup is Loading Files such as: Kernel
Debugger.dll, Toshiba Floppy Driver, SCSI port driver, serial port
enumerator, etc. This ran overnight for about 10 hours!

Then it stops with Setup is Starting Windows in the progress bar but the
lights all go off indicating that it just stopped. When I reboot, it starts
the process over again.

Any idea of what I might try? Is it still a boot sector problem?

Thanks,

Bob

 

[Haus]

Hello
I believe that you are going to need a little more updated machine.
System requirements.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/howtobuy/upgrading/sysreqs.asp

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Hope This Helps
Haus
Not a MVP
Not a MS-MVP
Not nothing just a good ole boy..

 

[BobK]

Hello Haus,

I think I meet all the requirements and I did run the WinXP check. What do
you think is light?

1.1gig, 512mb ram, 20gig hard drive

Bob

 

[Sharon F]

Hello Everyone,

I am trying to do a clean install of WinXP Pro on an older 1.1 gig machine,
512 mb ram, two hard drives, cdrom, floppy, and zip250.

Initially WinXP went through the setup process and rebooted itself when it
should have started to install. Several attempts, same result. I don't know
the BIOS real well but I have set all drives to Auto and the CDROM as the
first Boot device. I am not even sure what drives are primary and secondary
master and slave.

I initially had boot sector problem errors which I am trying to fix. After
tweaking a bit, I am getting different behavior.

The CDROM is detected for bootup. The screen goes gray and the cdrom and
computer lights act like things are running but the screen is gray.

Then after an hour or so I get a blue setup screen (Not the nice WinXP
screen) but one that says Setup in the upper left corner and a progress bar
at the bottom. It shows that setup is Loading Files such as: Kernel
Debugger.dll, Toshiba Floppy Driver, SCSI port driver, serial port
enumerator, etc. This ran overnight for about 10 hours!

Then it stops with Setup is Starting Windows in the progress bar but the
lights all go off indicating that it just stopped. When I reboot, it starts
the process over again.

Any idea of what I might try? Is it still a boot sector problem?

Thanks,

Bob

How are you running setup? Directly from the CD or from MS-DOS boot disk?
If using a boot disk, be sure sure to load smartdrive. Otherwise it can
literally take a full day to install XP.

 

[Haus]

Hello
I am sorry, read your original post wrong I thought you were trying to use
1.1 gig harddrive.

Yep looks like you meet the requirements.

You can set the defaults on the BIOS and check to see if the ROM drive boots
before the harddrive and it should take off and install.

How to do a clean install
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/cleanxp.htm

--
Hope This Helps
Haus
Not a MVP
Not a MS-MVP
Not nothing just a good ole boy..

 

[Squire]

Be sure to disconnect the Zip Drive before installing,
If you don't, it will screw up your drive letters and make C:\ drive into
F:\ drive or something else.

 

[D.Currie]

Hello Everyone,

I am trying to do a clean install of WinXP Pro on an older 1.1 gig machine,
512 mb ram, two hard drives, cdrom, floppy, and zip250.

Initially WinXP went through the setup process and rebooted itself when it
should have started to install. Several attempts, same result. I don't know
the BIOS real well but I have set all drives to Auto and the CDROM as the
first Boot device. I am not even sure what drives are primary and secondary
master and slave.

I initially had boot sector problem errors which I am trying to fix. After
tweaking a bit, I am getting different behavior.

The CDROM is detected for bootup. The screen goes gray and the cdrom and
computer lights act like things are running but the screen is gray.

Then after an hour or so I get a blue setup screen (Not the nice WinXP
screen) but one that says Setup in the upper left corner and a progress bar
at the bottom. It shows that setup is Loading Files such as: Kernel
Debugger.dll, Toshiba Floppy Driver, SCSI port driver, serial port
enumerator, etc. This ran overnight for about 10 hours!

Then it stops with Setup is Starting Windows in the progress bar but the
lights all go off indicating that it just stopped. When I reboot, it starts
the process over again.

Any idea of what I might try? Is it still a boot sector problem?

Thanks,

Bob

Could be bad or incompatible ram. Just because it worked with a previous OS
doesn't mean XP will be happy with it. If you have 2 sticks, try one at a
time and see if you get any better results with either one alone.

 

[Mousey Mick]

Baloney !

-----Original Message-----
Hello
I believe that you are going to need a little more updated machine.
System requirements.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/howtobuy/upgrading /sysreqs.asp

--
Hope This Helps
Haus
Not a MVP
Not a MS-MVP
Not nothing just a good ole boy..
older 1.1 gig
machine, result. I don't
know primary and
secondary corner and a progress
bar I reboot, it
starts


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