System Recovery died

[dama1]

Tried to run system recovery on a PC with Windows XP that I replaced and want
to donate to a school. Went to quick format to erase all data files and
installed applications. Recovery started but stopped (several times) at
between 16% and 18% completed, always on a Windows\I386\ file, but never the
same one. The screen flickers and the process stalls. Starting over (F-10)
doesn't help, same result. Rebooting normally gets a DOS message "NTLDR is
missing" CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart, which goes back to the same message. Can't
reboot, can't run recovery. This PC will be usless unless this problem can be
resolved. Any ideas????
Thanks,
Dave G.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Tried to run system recovery on a PC with Windows XP that I
replaced and want to donate to a school. Went to quick format to
erase all data files and installed applications. Recovery started
but stopped (several times) at between 16% and 18% completed,
always on a Windows\I386\ file, but never the same one. The screen
flickers and the process stalls. Starting over (F-10) doesn't help,
same result. Rebooting normally gets a DOS message "NTLDR is
missing" CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart, which goes back to the same
message. Can't reboot, can't run recovery. This PC will be usless
unless this problem can be resolved. Any ideas????

"System Recovery" may be a vendor specific thing - unless you mean you are
trying to utilize the Windows XP installation CD (not recovery/restoration
media) to install Windows XP...