So I am trying to reinstall XP on an old computer. It currently has XP running on it with a ~8 year old IDE DVD drive. Now this DVD drive can see the install disc and run it, but every time I try to install through windows it just stalls at the first step collecting system information. If I try to install from booting from the DVD drive it gives me a BSOD after a certain amount of loading drivers and other stuff (not yet to the point where I select to format my HD and actually install XP).
The disc is in great condition from the best I can tell. It's only been used once ~3-4 years ago and there is no visible damage. So what are my probable issues? Bad disc anyways? Bad DVD drive? Something else? I don't have a spare SATA DVD drive laying around, but I will probably gut a working computer for one unless I can come up with a better option.
I am assuming there isn't a legal way to xfer the XP install disk to a flash drive.
The disc is in great condition from the best I can tell. It's only been used once ~3-4 years ago and there is no visible damage. So what are my probable issues? Bad disc anyways? Bad DVD drive? Something else? I don't have a spare SATA DVD drive laying around, but I will probably gut a working computer for one unless I can come up with a better option.
I am assuming there isn't a legal way to xfer the XP install disk to a flash drive.
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