reinstalling windows, 7th time tonight

[Scee]

The same system instability that has me reinstalling windows is keeping me from doing just that.

I have separate 98 and se disks and I get anywhere from 17 to 45% of the way through and setup just stalls, the sound of the CD spinning dies off and I end up rebooting. I've shut off all the programs I can in windows, and I can't seem to install from dos. My cd rives (16x dvd and 16x burner) are H and G, but I can't seem to access them.

Can anyone give me some idea about what to do?

Thanks.

Chris
I'm on a college network. might that have anything to do with it? I did shut down all the associated software and even tried pulling out the ethernet.

 

[KillerMowse]

hmmm...
have you tried formatting your C: before reinstalling the OS?
this of course, will delete all data on that drive... 😉

 

[Scee]

No, reformatting this drive is not an option. I never had these problems reinstalling windows on other machines.

 

[Bug]

Have you tried another Windows cd? You can try cleaning the one you already used. Just use any cloth and wipe in a line away from the center, never in a circular motion around the cd.

 

[Theslowone]

try copying the cd to your harddrive first and going from there, then when the cd will not work you have it on disk for the installation to refer to.

 

[Lithium381]

Then you've only got 40 left to go, 47 is a lucky number when installing windows 😉 Hrm, that happend to me, what does it do if you just turn it on and let it sit there? Without installing anything, i mean could it be a heat problem causing the CPU to hang? Well, gl with figuring that out, i had some problems with this same thing back in october(well, i just had soundcard trouble)

 

[jmagg]

Are you using a win98 bootdisk? If not do so. Sometimes installing over the top just does not work.