I have never seen anything like this before ( HELP )

[adamflath]

I reformatted my HD because it kept crashing, just happened one day. Well any way after reformatting it I tried to reinstall Win XP.
4 in 5 times of boot up, nothing happens, i have to reboot to get anywhere, so i have to boot up through CDROM.

Long story short I have tried 2 HDs and 8 times trying to install Win XP. Most of the time it says something about trying to write on read only memory!
The last time, after installing from the CD, it said i was missing like 5 files, shell...something something and others. Since it was missing them, it no worky.

I cant get my PC UP!

 

[Basie]

What MotherBoard do you have? If you have OnBoard Raid don't install WinXP on one of Raid Channels.
Use the regular IDE channel. What kind of WinXP Cd are you using?

 

[adamflath]

I have a K7M. I am using the Win XP upgrade.

 

[Turkey22]

Well since you have the upgrade you obviously have to install your old windows first (98, ME, etc.)

 

[Richard98]

<< Well since you have the upgrade you obviously have to install your old windows first (98, ME, etc.) >>


Is that really correct?

With the W2k upgrade, it just asks for an upgradeable CD while you're installing it.

 

[foofoo]

install problems like this are almost always bad ram (or bad cd rom)
do you have any other ram you could swap out to try?
good luck

 

[Stiler]

Yes, if you are installing the upgrade you must first have another windows installed. If you refomat you'll have to install a full version of one of the windows onto your computer and then the upgrade. The files that it said its missing are more than likely files that the previous windows needs to have on there.

 

[adamflath]

What i have been doing is booting up with xp, then when it asks for previous version, i just pop in a Dell Winxp that came with my pops PC, then after that screen switches, I place my upgrade CD back in. It worked before

 

[SemperFi]

I used xp home upgrade without another os installed. I just poped in my 98 cd when it asked for it.

Semper Fi

 

[adamflath]

Ok, i think i found my problem, BAD MEMORY!!