Setup (error fixing) stuck in endless loop - immediately restartin

[Guest]

Hi,
I've had windows XP installed on my desktop for a long time, but then it
stopped connecting to the internet.

To fix this I inserted the installation disk and wanted to reinstall or fix
the OS. However, half way through i got a question whether I would like to
abort the setup process (or something the like). I was wondering if I would
overwrite the entire previous setup and decided to abort. This was a big
mistake.

The installation process is now stuck in a loop. If I turn on the computer
the OS is trying to start, then I get a blue screen telling me "Setup is
being restarted..." and the computer restarts. Nothing I do seem to change
this behavior.

Preferably I would like to run a "repair" of the OS, but now I would also be
happy if I could just install XP at all!

 

[Guest]

You must have tried the reapir or reinstall in IE,to do either,install xp cd,
exit the info page,restart computer,boot to xp cd,then select-repair this
copy of xp,or do a complete new install (delete partition,create one).From
where youre at now,boot to xp cd,select either,i would reinstall complete.

 

[Guest]

Hi,
thanks, thats exactly what I have in mind, but...
I'm not allowed to give any input at all!
There is no pause in the program where I am asked what I'd like to do. It
just boots up, prints "Setup is being restarted...", spins up the CD drive
and restarts etc.etc.etc.
The only thing I have the option to do is to press Del to enter into Setup.
I've set First Boot Device to Floppy, 2nd to HDD-0, 3rd to CDROM (and I've
experimented with putting CDROM first). Windows XP installation disk is in
the CDROM.

What I am wondering if I can make any settings in CMOS Setup Utility to
improve the situation, or possibly put another bootable disk in the CDROM
that can remedy the situation. Any other options?

 

[Guest]

Is there really no good solution to this problem? I've looked through this
forum, and there seems a few others having similar problems.

I have access to dos, so I have been wondering if it is possible for me to
manually edit the installation settings to stop this endless loop, but I do
not know what to edit or which files are controlling the installation process.