Stuck on an XP reinstall - help required

[borntorun75]

(I've cross posted this to .....windowsxp.setup too. Don't generally cross
post,
but on reflection this group seems a lot more active than setup. Thanks).

Hi,

I've got a PC that I'm trying to reinstall XP on. It's gets to the part
where it's installing / checking devices (about 37 mins left on the download
clock), then it bombs out with a blue screen of death message. It's
complaining about nothing specific unfortunately, but suggests checking
hardware and removing any recently installed hardware. It's done this 3
times now at the exact same place. I'm not sure how to proceed because
nothing's been done on the hardware for a while now.

I think one of the DVD drives might be faulty, but disabling that in the
BIOS
means the install program won't carry on. I think because the disabled
drive was D: and I was installing off E:, the setup gets confused somehow
(?). Don't really know, but maybe because there's no drive E: any longer
?? Just a thought.

What I'd like to do is just ditch the reinstall, but the setup is now in a
loop. Every PC reboot it tries to go through the setup routine, but that
keeps failing like I say.

q1. Can I abandon this installation, and break the cycle of
rebooting/reinstalling ?

q2. Through F8, I can get to safe mode / fix an installation option.
owever, the fix a windows
option throws you to the C: prompt. What can / should I do from that point
?

Any thoughts, or advice would be very much appreciated folks.
Best regards,
Mike.

 

[Richard in AZ]

Not sure this will help, but I had a similar problem except that my machine stopped a little sooner.
I was about ready to junk it, but then in desperation I bought a tube of "thermal grease" at Radio
Shack and put it on the CPU to heatsink interface. Then the computer just whizzed on through the
installation and everything runs great today. The CPU was just over heating.

: (I've cross posted this to .....windowsxp.setup too. Don't generally cross
: post,
: but on reflection this group seems a lot more active than setup. Thanks).
:
: Hi,
:
: I've got a PC that I'm trying to reinstall XP on. It's gets to the part
: where it's installing / checking devices (about 37 mins left on the download
: clock), then it bombs out with a blue screen of death message. It's
: complaining about nothing specific unfortunately, but suggests checking
: hardware and removing any recently installed hardware. It's done this 3
: times now at the exact same place. I'm not sure how to proceed because
: nothing's been done on the hardware for a while now.
:
: I think one of the DVD drives might be faulty, but disabling that in the
: BIOS
: means the install program won't carry on. I think because the disabled
: drive was D: and I was installing off E:, the setup gets confused somehow
: (?). Don't really know, but maybe because there's no drive E: any longer
: ?? Just a thought.
:
: What I'd like to do is just ditch the reinstall, but the setup is now in a
: loop. Every PC reboot it tries to go through the setup routine, but that
: keeps failing like I say.
:
: q1. Can I abandon this installation, and break the cycle of
: rebooting/reinstalling ?
:
: q2. Through F8, I can get to safe mode / fix an installation option.
: owever, the fix a windows
: option throws you to the C: prompt. What can / should I do from that point
: ?
:
: Any thoughts, or advice would be very much appreciated folks.
: Best regards,
: Mike.
:
:
:
:
: