I had to pick up a new mobo today as my old one crapped out on me... I attempted to just hook it up and hope XP can recognize it right away... no such luck. Computer restarts right as it loads Windows.
Okay, I didn't think it would work, but would have been great if it did.
So I pop in the windows XP disk and attempt to repair the installation of XP...
it goes through just fine. It reaches the point where it must restart, and it does, just fine.
It gets back into the installation, accesses the CD-ROM drive for a few seconds, then does nothing more. It doesn't tell me it needs something else, no info, just hanging at "Installing Windows" "Time until setup completes: 39 minutes" forever.
I've tried 3 times, on the third time it's been running for an hour. Still nothing.
It WAS SP2 with latest updates before I had to repair it... but now.. well... it's nothing.
Okay, I didn't think it would work, but would have been great if it did.
So I pop in the windows XP disk and attempt to repair the installation of XP...
it goes through just fine. It reaches the point where it must restart, and it does, just fine.
It gets back into the installation, accesses the CD-ROM drive for a few seconds, then does nothing more. It doesn't tell me it needs something else, no info, just hanging at "Installing Windows" "Time until setup completes: 39 minutes" forever.
I've tried 3 times, on the third time it's been running for an hour. Still nothing.
It WAS SP2 with latest updates before I had to repair it... but now.. well... it's nothing.