Windows XP Freezes during install

[Guest]

Hi,
I have a windows xp professional computer. Due to running out of disk space
with junk programs and lots of spyware, I decided to reinstall Windows XP.
During the installation process, the computer will freeze between the setup
of the computer partitions or when I start to format the hard drive.

To try and troubleshoot, I tried different Windows XP professional CD's,
different hard drives I new were working, different CDROM drive, and a
adaptec ATA PCI
controller card to try and resolve. The only components in the computer is a
pci modem and a Video card.

The computer was working fine before the reinstall process. The only other
thing I can think of would being the problem would be the motherboard or the
processor. Any thoughts? Thanks.


Mitch

 

[Rock]

Hi,
I have a windows xp professional computer. Due to running out of disk space
with junk programs and lots of spyware, I decided to reinstall Windows XP.
During the installation process, the computer will freeze between the setup
of the computer partitions or when I start to format the hard drive.

To try and troubleshoot, I tried different Windows XP professional CD's,
different hard drives I new were working, different CDROM drive, and a
adaptec ATA PCI
controller card to try and resolve. The only components in the computer is a
pci modem and a Video card.

The computer was working fine before the reinstall process. The only other
thing I can think of would being the problem would be the motherboard or the
processor. Any thoughts? Thanks.


Mitch

Do some hardware troubleshooting to start. Download a drive diagnostic
utility from the hard drive manufacturer's web site. That will create a
bootable floppy or Cd. Boot from that and run the diagnsotics.

Test the memory using memtest86+ and the windows memory diagnostic.

http://www.memtest.org/
http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp

 

[Rich Barry]

Mitch, flaky ram will do that on occasion. If you have two modules swap
one out.

 

[Manny Borges]

And yet a third corroborating opinion hat says RAM. The first time i ran
into this it drove me crazy.

I like the ultimate boot cd.
Has mem tests and lots of other stuff.
http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/

--
Manny Borges
MCSE NT4-2003 (+ Security)
MCT, Certified Cheese Master

The pen is mightier than the sword, and considerably easier to write with.
-- Marty Feldman

 

[Yves Leclerc]

First, are you doing a fresh install or just a re-install? If you are just
doing a re-install, you may be encountering the disk space issue.

 

[Guest]

I am doing a fresh install. I reformatted the hard drive. I ran some memory
tests with the utilities that were mentioned in the above responses and it
passed all the tests. Any other thoughts?

Mitch