[Lt_Galan]

I just finished putting together my PC from scratch and i attemped to install windows XP Professional on the brand new blank hard drive. i formatted the drive and all that jazz and when i was accually installing everything for xp i ran into a big, annoying problem. Just as it got into the "Finalizing Installation" process it crashed and restarted, no errors at all. Then when it read the hard drive it picked up the installation process back from the begining. Again and again it would reboot without warning or error message. I even tryed to delete my first, unfinished, windows files and start from scartch, but it didnt help. i need urgent help! how do i fix this problem??

 

[Billy the Adult]

Try booting from the Windows cd again and deleting all partitions.. then reformat again and re-install. Annoying I know but I once had a pc that it took 3 tries go finally get Windows installed.

 

[Lt_Galan]

ok ill go try that now. thanks.

 

[Lt_Galan]

ok i reformatted it and again, it started to go through its cycles when it reached "saving settings" under the Finalizing Installation. any other ideas anyone?

 

[ozrom1e]

Welcome to TSG....

What are you using to partition the hard drive?

 

[Lt_Galan]

.....ummm. welll im using the ...... havent got a clue. i just run the disk, partition the hard drive, and install the os.

 

[Billy the Adult]

Lt, do you by chance have another copy of Windows XP you can try and see if it goes through the process completely? Of course you won't be able to use or activate it but that should let you know if the problem is in your pc or the Windows cd you are using.

 

[ozrom1e]

Try this article.

How to partition and format a hard disk in Windows XP During an Install.
http://www.directron.com/formatdrive.html#3

 

[Lt_Galan]

No Billy, I dont have another copy at hand right now. If the problem persists I will see what i can do to get another copy. Thanks for the link ozrom1e, but from the looks of it I have been formatting it properly.

 

[Lt_Galan]

ok i have reformatted my hard drive 3 times today i really wish linux would host games

 

[Lt_Galan]

I FINALLY got it installed! In case anyone else has this same problem heres what i did: instead of over writing the already partitioned space on your hard drive, try deleting it first. Deleting is one of the chioces you get, so do that instead of just over writing the half-way installed software. After its deleted and completely clean try the process over again! I dont know if it was shear luck, but try it! Thanks for all your help guys

 

[Billy the Adult]

Ummm... Didn't I suggest that in post 2?
"Try booting from the Windows cd again and DELETING all partitions"..
Glad to hear you got it working, and happy gaming..