Installation Woes - Any Ideas?

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Hello,

I've been trying to get around this one for a couple of weeks now and am
reaching the limit of my patience,

I have a Dell Inspiron 1000
which came factory shipped with XP Home SP2,

I put a fresh HD in it and went to install XP, halfway through the blue
screen copying files to the HD to install - SHUT DOWN -

I've tried this with several different CD's, bought an external DVD drive
and swapped out the HD

same error every time...

though when it occurs is different - sometimes at the first user screen
asking if I want to install / repair, sometimes while formatting the hard
drive it will shut down part of the way through,

the funky part is that I was able to install Windows 2000 without a hitch,
only problem being the the drivers for this systems wireless only exist for
XP...
 
as an update this same Laptop is now running Linux X-Windows...

ARG! It was designed for XP
 
Never used the 1000 series, but have setup a good few 1100-series and they
work with 2000 or XP. (You always have to format these as they are crammed
with junk)

I don't think these models need SATA drivers. Not as far as I know, anyway.
(Which is the most-common reason these days for an install to freeze)

It might be you've got a RAM problem or suchlike. Sometimes one OS is more
sensitive to this than another.
 
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