rebooting after booting from cd

[iRscotty]

I was hoping to do an easy system clean up by reformatting my c:drive
and reinstalling XP Pro. I reformatted the c: drive using partition
magic 8.2 and then I rebooted and booted from the XP disc and after it
boots up and gives me the option to install XP the computer shuts
down. I preformed some tests to see if my HD was damaged the progs
that I used all say that my c: drive is all good. So I tried it a few
more times and every time it shut down on my after it booted from the
xp disc.
I was hoping not to have to reformat the d: drive as we have stuff
on there that is not backed up. There are not hugely important but
would be a headache to get it all back. But I figured that I wouldn't
have to touch the d drive as there are just files on it (Windows and
my programs were all installed on the C) Should I go ahead and
reformat the d drive also and wipe my HD clean and then boot from the
xp disc or is there something else I can do to fix this. Thanks for
you help

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I was hoping to do an easy system clean up by reformatting my c:drive
and reinstalling XP Pro. I reformatted the c: drive using partition
magic 8.2 and then I rebooted and booted from the XP disc and after it
boots up and gives me the option to install XP the computer shuts
down. I preformed some tests to see if my HD was damaged the progs
that I used all say that my c: drive is all good. So I tried it a few
more times and every time it shut down on my after it booted from the
xp disc.
I was hoping not to have to reformat the d: drive as we have stuff
on there that is not backed up. There are not hugely important but
would be a headache to get it all back. But I figured that I wouldn't
have to touch the d drive as there are just files on it (Windows and
my programs were all installed on the C) Should I go ahead and
reformat the d drive also and wipe my HD clean and then boot from the
xp disc or is there something else I can do to fix this. Thanks for
you help

I had a similar case that was caused by a flawed memory module.
You can confirm this by borrowing a small disk (4 GBytes) from
your friendly PC dealer and attempting an XP installation onto it.

 

[iRscotty]

Thanks for the help but I live in Korea so it would be really hard for
me to do that. Is there anything else that I could do. Is there any
system administration tools that I could use to fix this. I could
resort to giving my computer to a computer shop and have them fix it,
but since I am in Korea they would probably but XP on with the Korean
language pack, and I really like being able to read things on my
computer
By the way it is a P4 compaq laptop if that would help anyone.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Thanks for the help but I live in Korea so it would be really hard for
me to do that. Is there anything else that I could do. Is there any
system administration tools that I could use to fix this. I could
resort to giving my computer to a computer shop and have them fix it,
but since I am in Korea they would probably but XP on with the Korean
language pack, and I really like being able to read things on my
computer
By the way it is a P4 compaq laptop if that would help anyone.

I don't quite see what living in Korea has to do with getting
a small spare disk from your friendly computer dealer . . .

If you search the Internet then you can probably find some
free memory testers. Alternatively, for a real life test, you
could manufacture a Bart WinXP PE CD, then boot the
machine with it. It does not rely on your hard disk but it
certainly relies on your memory. You can download the
tools to make this CD from www.bootdisk.com. Here is
what you need to make the CD:
- A CD burner
- A WinXP Professional CD (but no licence number)

 

[iRscotty]

Thanks for the info. I will try that out and let you know what the
outcome is.
When none of the computer dealers in you area speak the same laguage
as you it is difficult to get anything accomplished with them

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Thanks for the info. I will try that out and let you know what the
outcome is.
When none of the computer dealers in you area speak the same laguage
as you it is difficult to get anything accomplished with them

In such situations I would immediately start learning the
local language. I've done it several times before . . .