win xp pro install-taking looong time

[scottamc]

i did a clean install on a computer i just built and it took several hours last night to do the blue screen install of setup files. then it took around 3 or 4 hours to do windows setup instalation. Then after it was all done, the computer cpu usage was hovering around 100%. so i thought maybe i should reinstall windows. Im reinstalling right now and win xp blue screen setup is going and its been 45 min and im only 34% done. Does this sound right to you?

 

[amdskip]

Not at all, list out the system specs including the power supply. Are these new or old parts?

 

[scottamc]

i solved the problem. It was a bad dvd drive. The reader was messed up i supposed. I solved the problem by swapping out an older dvd drive and running the win xp installation. It took 10-15 min tops. Off and running. Rma'd the bad dvd drive back to newegg.

here are the specs...

Asus A8N-Sli Premium | AMD X2 4200+ | Zalman CNP9500 | Corsair XMS twinmx2048-3200c2pt | X-Fi Fatal1ty | BFG 7900GTX OC | 74gb Raptor | Seagate 500gb Sata II 16mb cache | BenQ DW1655 | Mitsumi FA404M 7-1 floppy/media | 2405fpw | Klipsch 2.1 THX | Fatal1ty 1101 Mouse |