Reinstall XP Pro!!! gone bad!

[Peterjohn21]

Hi! Need some help if poss!
I have just re formatted my hard drive and tried to reinstall XP Pro after a crash. The prob i'm having is that after loading it will not boot to the final part of the setup it just goes back to square 1 and reinstalls any help is good cos i'm a bit lost!!!

 

[jvilla80]

Probably a bad hard drive. Just buy a new one they are really cheap now.

 

[vacunita]

Remove the Cd, or skip the "boot from Cd" part. so that it doesn't try t boot from the Cd again.

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Ignorance is not necessarily Bliss, case in point:
Unknown has caused an Unknown Error on Unknown and must be shutdown to prevent damage to Unknown.

 

[linney]

Only press the "Boot from CD" Anykey, once at the Start of Setup, then ignore it.

Have a look at the general troubleshooting steps in this article.

How to troubleshoot problems during installation when you upgrade from Windows 98 or Windows Millennium Edition to Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310064/?FR=1

How to install or upgrade to Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;316941&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

HOW TO: Partition and Format a Hard Disk in Windows XP (Q313348)

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q313/3/48.asp

You can also review the Setupapi.log file, the Setupact.log file, and the Setuperr.log file (in the %windir% folder) to try to determine any problems.


243996 - How to Enable Verbose Logging in Windows 2000 GUI-Mode Setup

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=243996

Windows Setup and Device Installation Logging

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/driver/install/setupapi.mspx