Thanks John,
7 & 41 - I never get to the license agreement because XP is not fully
installed and I guess because I'd previously accepted the license agreement?
85 - I never get to the EULA or the reformat hd..when it gets to Boot from
CD it just (even if no cd in drive) will go to the that black Windows XP
screen then a "setup will continue" screen then prompt to install CD, then
the error loop...cant break out of this loop.
arrgggg....
"John Barnett MVP" <freelanceit@mvps.org.NOSPAM> wrote in message
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| Win XP Faq button and take a look at questions 7, 41 and 85
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| "Rob Giordano (Crash)" <webmaster@siriussystems.invalid> wrote in message
| news:%23FEkR1ICGHA.2040@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
| > Ok I'll try that next. I just didn't want to be chasing too many
| > ghosts...someone had told me that XP will lock me out of installing
after
| > a
| > certain amount of attempts at installing.
| >
| > Just in case... how can I reformat if I wanted to start clean clean?
| >
| > tnx
| >
| >
| > "Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@gmail.com> wrote in message
| > news:%23xH0mvICGHA.412@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
| > | Rob Giordano (Crash) wrote:
| > | > Howdy all...
| > | >
| > | > Attempting clean install of XP Pro on
| > | > New:
| > | > Abit mb
| > | > Sony CD/DVD burner
| > | > NO floppy
| > | > Maxtor HD
| > | > 1 gig ram
| > | >
| > | >
| > | > Up till the wee hours with problem.
| > | >
| > | > Partitioned hd fine, two partitions C & D.
| > | >
| > | > XP gets up to the point where it's actually starting to install
| > | > itself, then we get error about not finding I386, somekind of
| > | > manifest error (forgive me but don't remember the exact errors
| > | > since we tried it so many times, and Im now kinda burned out on
| > | > this).
| > | >
| > | > For a while it would ask to put the CD in or point to where I386
| > | > was, we tried this abt 5 times, now it doesn't even ask for that.
| > | > We are stuck in somekind of half-installed loop.
| > | >
| > | > I even tried using the full XP Pro CD from my machine, that didn't
| > | > work. We don't ever get to where it asks for the key...so I thought
| > | > this might work..nope.
| > | >
| > | > This is an xmas present for my daughter so my son and I were
| > | > messing with this for a long time. Probably tried 10 times to get
| > | > this installed.
| > | >
| > | > Maybe its a bad CD or the burner is not reading it correctly?
| > | >
| > | > Ok...so should we reformat...but how if we're in this loop and we
| > | > don't have a Floppy A drive?
| > | > Should I buy an A floppy drive and try a boot disk?
| > | > I'm sure the store where I bought the parts will replace the XP Pro
| > | > disk if I need to also.
| > | >
| > | > We've tried a bunch of other things too, which I won't bore you
| > | > with.
| > | >
| > | > Flustered and under the gun (of course...nothing ever goes right
| > | > when you're rushed)
| > |
| > | Your analysis (somewhere near the halfway point) sounds about right.
| > |
| > | Either a bad/dirty CD or a bad CD drive.
| > |
| > | Clean the CD with a soft/static-free cloth.
| > | Blow out (gently) the CD drive with canned air.
| > | Try a different CD drive - even if just a temp replacement from
another
| > | computer.
| > |
| > | --
| > | Shenan Stanley
| > | MS-MVP
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| > | How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
| > |
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| > |
| > |
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