Re-installing winxp problems after a hard-drive format

Try booting to xp cd,select,recovery,press enter key for
password,at curser type:CHKDSK C: /R
When its thru type:EXIT
Let windows boot up,if you have problems in recovery
type:HELP
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi,
>Can anyone help me. I formatted my 25 gb hard-drive after
major problems
>with a winxp repair and used my cd to re-install the
o.s..It boots ok, loads
>the files but hangs when it gets to the start windows
screen. I've removed
>all the peripherals and have formatted a few times but
still no joy.
> Should I have a floppy boot disk like someone told me?
If so, what files
>should be on it?
>I don't really know what to do next and am rather
frustrated, it's been a
>long trying day!
>(I've just read in this group that a floppy is a no-
no.....what next? Can
>someone direct me to a website with info regarding this
problem as I've had
>no joy yer)
>
>T.I.A.
>Kenny
>
>
>.
>

[Kenny]

Hi,
I stick in the WinXP cd and it loads the drivers, gets to the start windows
screen then freezes.
Initially, the system went wrong and it wouldn't read the cd, and as I had
repaired it at least 3 times a day for a week, I thought it was time to
re-format.
I had to use a single emergency boot disk and format c:\ using that.
I have also tried booting with the 6 disks I had downloaded from the web,
but that also freezes in the same place.
I am at a loss for ideas.
> wrote in message
...
> Try booting to xp cd,select,recovery,press enter key for
> password,at curser type:CHKDSK C: /R
> When its thru type:EXIT
> Let windows boot up,if you have problems in recovery
> type:HELP
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hi,
> >Can anyone help me. I formatted my 25 gb hard-drive after
> major problems
> >with a winxp repair and used my cd to re-install the
> o.s..It boots ok, loads
> >the files but hangs when it gets to the start windows
> screen. I've removed
> >all the peripherals and have formatted a few times but
> still no joy.
> > Should I have a floppy boot disk like someone told me?
> If so, what files
> >should be on it?
> >I don't really know what to do next and am rather
> frustrated, it's been a
> >long trying day!
> >(I've just read in this group that a floppy is a no-
> no.....what next? Can
> >someone direct me to a website with info regarding this
> problem as I've had
> >no joy yer)
> >
> >T.I.A.
> >Kenny
> >
> >
> >.
> >