[XP installation] Strange freeze

[belbo]

Hi,

I'm trying to install a windows SO on my PC and
I'm unable do to that. My Windows 2000 stopped
working with no reason. It loads the white
progress bar and freezes.
I tried to reinstall a win2000 SP4 (that I have
with a student's license), and it loads the start
modules, and it freezes after "setup is loading
windows...".
I tried another copy, I also tried XP, XP SP1/2,
with no result. The problem is always the same.
I don't think that is an hardware problem, because
I'm nicely using a Debian Linux without any
problem. My hardware works fine.

I do need a Windows for my university, what can I do?
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[Malke]

Hi,

I'm trying to install a windows SO on my PC and
I'm unable do to that. My Windows 2000 stopped
working with no reason. It loads the white
progress bar and freezes.
I tried to reinstall a win2000 SP4 (that I have
with a student's license), and it loads the start
modules, and it freezes after "setup is loading
windows...".
I tried another copy, I also tried XP, XP SP1/2,
with no result. The problem is always the same.
I don't think that is an hardware problem, because
I'm nicely using a Debian Linux without any
problem. My hardware works fine.

I do need a Windows for my university, what can I do?

Have you ever had an NT-based operating system successfully installed on
that computer? What are the hardware specs?

Malke

 

[belbo]

belbo wrote:




Have you ever had an NT-based operating system successfully installed on
that computer? What are the hardware specs?

Yes, indeed. I've always used windows2000 and
windowsXP.

Athlon XP+ 2400,
motherboard ASUS A7V8X
512MB ram
NVIDIA geforce 128MB
2 hard disk 80 GB
monitor philips brilliace 109P 19"

Apparently the hardware works fine.

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[Malke]

Yes, indeed. I've always used windows2000 and
windowsXP.

Athlon XP+ 2400,
motherboard ASUS A7V8X
512MB ram
NVIDIA geforce 128MB
2 hard disk 80 GB
monitor philips brilliace 109P 19"

Apparently the hardware works fine.

1. Test the RAM. Normally Linux is just as fussy about RAM quality as
Windows, but maybe your Deb distro is more forgiving than my SuSE. It
couldn't hurt anyway. Get Memtest86+ from www.memtest.org.

2. Make sure when you are installing Windows that you don't have any
peripherals connected. Make sure you're doing a clean install, first
deleting the partition and then creating the partition.

3. Do a hard drive test using a diagnostic utility from the drive
mftr.'s website. Maybe the area of the hard drive that is being written
to is flaky (really reaching here, but it can't hurt to test).

Malke