Reinstall Troubles

[Jim G]

I had to format my pc and start over because I got a new one and was giving
my old one to my nephew and after the restore disks were done, Windows
started up. It got to the point where it asks for a computer name and
description so I entered Travis for the name and Home pc 4 for the
description. I click next and I get no further it just stays on this screen.
I powered down the pc and unplugged the network cable and rebooted. It got
to the same screen with Travis already in the Name field (from previous
step) and I clicked skip and it still froze there. I again powered it down
and with the network cable still unplugged I booted up again. This time
going into the bios and loading the defaults. It rebooted and back to the
computer name again. This time I entered 12345678 and no description. It
just hangs there. The mouse goes back to the pointer and the back and next
buttons are greyed out. I then went into the bios and disabled the network
adapter, no luck on next reboot. I then installed a new network card and
still hangs on the computer description/name, What can I do. These are the
orginal restore cd's that I got with the computer so I know thats not the
issue. I ran through the restore disks again to see if that would help and
its still the same.

Thanks
Jim

 

[Guest]

I sugest a re-format,

Formatting HD for XP (When installing XP it will ask to format the drive
again)

Clean install:

In order to do a very clean install you may want to download and create a
(FKA) Low Level Format diskette. You should be able to get a LLF (HD format
utility that writes 0's to the drive) utility from your HD manufacture:

IBM(Hitachi)
http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm Just the utility click here.

Seagate
http://www.seagate.com/support/disc/utils.html Just the utility click here.

Maxtor
http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads/index.htm Just the utility click
here.

Fujitsu
http://www.fel.fujitsu.com/home/drivers.asp?L=en&CID=1 Just the utility
click here.

Samsung
http://www.samsung.com/Products/HardDiskDrive/utilities/index.htm
registration required.
FAQ: Low level format

Western Digital
http://support.wdc.com/download/index.asp

The reason is that some viruses and even Windows OS can leave traces of
itself on your HD, I have formatted numerous systems, set specific settings,
re-formatted the unit using Windows XP OS and there it was most settings
where already set, the LLF utility will insure that the hard drive be wiped
clean for XP or any OS install. Be advised that this utility will wipe all
partitions from your drive so you will have to re-create them, no biggy this
is part of the OS installation process.

Insert XP CD into your CD-Rom drive (the BIOS must be set to boot from the
CD-Rom 1st), power down the PC. Before powering the PC on, unplug the
Internet connection, scanners, printers, any peripheral attached including
modems, wireless cards.

Power on PC, when windows starts create your partition(s) as desired
(example below), format your primary partition and install XP. Once the OS
has installed do not connect to the Internet, install your anti-virus and
firewall, connect to the Internet and do your live updates for your
anti-virus, firewall, then windows, after this has completed install the rest
of your SW and perform your updates to these.

Download the latest drivers for your peripherals, then install your
hardware, (note: some peripherals require that you first install the SW prior
to installing the hardware, consult your manufactures manual for
instructions).

 

[Jim G]

I sugest a re-format,

Formatting HD for XP (When installing XP it will ask to format the drive
again)

Clean install:

In order to do a very clean install you may want to download and create a
(FKA) Low Level Format diskette. You should be able to get a LLF (HD
format
utility that writes 0's to the drive) utility from your HD manufacture:

IBM(Hitachi)
http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm Just the utility click here.

Seagate
http://www.seagate.com/support/disc/utils.html Just the utility click
here.

Maxtor
http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads/index.htm Just the utility
click
here.

Fujitsu
http://www.fel.fujitsu.com/home/drivers.asp?L=en&CID=1 Just the utility
click here.

Samsung
http://www.samsung.com/Products/HardDiskDrive/utilities/index.htm
registration required.
FAQ: Low level format

Western Digital
http://support.wdc.com/download/index.asp

The reason is that some viruses and even Windows OS can leave traces of
itself on your HD, I have formatted numerous systems, set specific
settings,
re-formatted the unit using Windows XP OS and there it was most settings
where already set, the LLF utility will insure that the hard drive be
wiped
clean for XP or any OS install. Be advised that this utility will wipe all
partitions from your drive so you will have to re-create them, no biggy
this
is part of the OS installation process.

Insert XP CD into your CD-Rom drive (the BIOS must be set to boot from the
CD-Rom 1st), power down the PC. Before powering the PC on, unplug the
Internet connection, scanners, printers, any peripheral attached including
modems, wireless cards.

Power on PC, when windows starts create your partition(s) as desired
(example below), format your primary partition and install XP. Once the OS
has installed do not connect to the Internet, install your anti-virus and
firewall, connect to the Internet and do your live updates for your
anti-virus, firewall, then windows, after this has completed install the
rest
of your SW and perform your updates to these.

Download the latest drivers for your peripherals, then install your
hardware, (note: some peripherals require that you first install the SW
prior
to installing the hardware, consult your manufactures manual for
instructions).

I am formatting the drive now with the western digital diagnostic software.
I will let you know how it goes.

Thanks
Jim

 

[Jim G]

I did the low level format and then did the restore disks. It again stops at
the computer name and I left it at the default name, didnt change anything.

I am completely stumped...

Jim