XP setup problem, very strange one

[pdev]

I had installed XP so many times, neither have I faced the problem like
this before. The problem is as follows:
Got 80 GB hard disk, with XP and Ubuntu in seperate partitions. I wiped
ubuntu and installed SUSE. No issues with dual booting. Both OS boot
fine. I wanted to install another XP in another partiton, As the
current one is being very slow, and as the programs that I had
installed, don't want to wipe them out.
When I booted the XP bootable cd from cd drive, there came 'press any
key to install'. I pressed any key. Then ' Setup is inspecting your
computer's hardware configuration. . ' And everything stops there.
System hangs with red led blinking, and blank screen on monitor. I
changed the CD, checked the BIOS setting. I haven't changed any system
settings. I am tired of searching the net for the fix.
Is there any fix for this MS Win XP problem??

 

[John John]

It's not seeing the hard disk or it doesn't like what it sees in the
MBR. If this is an IDE drive then try removing the Linux boot loader
and try again. If it's a SATA drive perhaps it needs to load drivers
via the "Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID..."
routine when the setup program starts.

John

 

[pdev]

John John wrote:
Thank you for the prompt reply. It's a IDE drive. Perhaps you are
right. I will try it. But before installing SUSE, there was ubuntu's
grub loader, which then boot into MS loader and it was working fine.
Is there any issues in creating file in hard disk as virtual drive
before installation?
Anyway, I am trying as u suggest.
thanks again.

 

[pdev]

Sorry, But I removed linux bootloader with 'fdisk /mbr' command. Now
there is only MS bootloader. But when I tried to install XP, still same
problem persist. Any solution?

 

[Guest]

Sorry, But I removed linux bootloader with 'fdisk /mbr' command. Now
there is only MS bootloader. But when I tried to install XP, still same
problem persist. Any solution?

I would try to install on another drive, if that works then it is your
partitioned drive and not the install disc or the optical drive. Try to boot
to the recovery counsel and use the fixmbr and fixboot. Then after that you
will have to go back in and install you linux boot loader.