Andrew E
December 6th 03, 01:28 PM
Do you have a corrupt hd,try booting from xp cd,reinstall
that way,first open cmd prompt,type:CHKDSK C: /R
C: being the hd,try before the xp install.
>-----Original Message-----
>Hello,
>I've tried to reinstall XP Home by the XP Retail CD, and
from within Windows
>itself and every time at the same place in the re-
installation, it fails
>which results in the start up boot menu displaying, the I
select XP, and
>then a reboot happens and then the same thing happens all
over again...
>
>I have removed all USB connections, and the upgrade log
files within the
>windows directory says there are no problems.
>
>The only thing I notice during the installation is at the
last stages of the
>installation where it says it is "removing temporary
files and backups". The
>progress bar goes almost to the very end, the screen goes
blank, the hardisk
>light is still blinking the reboots from hell begin. I
have used recovery
>console to check the disk, but no errors. I have looked
into the
>system32\config directory and there are files with the
same name, but many
>extensions, like: .sav .def and .$$$. I'm clueless as to
there meaning.
>
>What I'm I doing incorrectly? Can I find a error file of
some sort to help
>me out? Can I invoke some debug file that someone could
interpret during
>setup?
>
>Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Thanks.
>Moe
>
>.
>
that way,first open cmd prompt,type:CHKDSK C: /R
C: being the hd,try before the xp install.
>-----Original Message-----
>Hello,
>I've tried to reinstall XP Home by the XP Retail CD, and
from within Windows
>itself and every time at the same place in the re-
installation, it fails
>which results in the start up boot menu displaying, the I
select XP, and
>then a reboot happens and then the same thing happens all
over again...
>
>I have removed all USB connections, and the upgrade log
files within the
>windows directory says there are no problems.
>
>The only thing I notice during the installation is at the
last stages of the
>installation where it says it is "removing temporary
files and backups". The
>progress bar goes almost to the very end, the screen goes
blank, the hardisk
>light is still blinking the reboots from hell begin. I
have used recovery
>console to check the disk, but no errors. I have looked
into the
>system32\config directory and there are files with the
same name, but many
>extensions, like: .sav .def and .$$$. I'm clueless as to
there meaning.
>
>What I'm I doing incorrectly? Can I find a error file of
some sort to help
>me out? Can I invoke some debug file that someone could
interpret during
>setup?
>
>Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Thanks.
>Moe
>
>.
>