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New PC startup

Discussion in 'Microsoft Windows' started by rjohnsto, Jan 25, 2006.

  1. rjohnsto

    rjohnsto Junior Member

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    Sorry, I lost the original post...
    I've built a brand new system and just turned it on
    Asus K8N-E board
    1 GB Ram
    ATI video card (AGP)
    Seagate 40Gb EIDE drive ( previously used)
    Sony DVD/CD
    WinXP pro in DVD drive
    pre-booted and changed setup to 'boot from DVD'
    boots from DVD - ok
    Problem - loads drivers up to point where it says loading NTFS file system, then black screen, system restarts...
    On first pass, I found the HDD cable wasn't seated ok, but even after this was corrected, it does it consistantly...

    I changed the OS disk to Win2K and now it proceeds to the point where it asks of you want to install the OS. Pressing ENTER, returns a Please Wait" prompt and that's where it stops... 'Please Wait' stays onscreen and nothing happens.

    any suggestions?

    thx
     
    rjohnsto, Jan 25, 2006
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  3. phreakwars

    phreakwars Senior Member

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    You could possibly have a dirty lens on the DVD player, it might not be able to read some files.

    Do you have another image of XP you can use... possibly an original copy ??
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    phreakwars, Jan 25, 2006
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