XP Install Question

BillyRubin

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I have a new system I built and whenever I try to install XP it freezes at 58% completion of copying the installation files. Any idea what this could be? The only thing I have been able to find is that it may be a memory problem.
 

Robor

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If you suspect memory try a memtest86 bootable CD. Also, have you checked the disc (media) or the drive itself?
 

ChuckLit2

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I don't know if this is your problem, but after purchasing a new Intel badaxe I had to use my XP slipstream CD which I had created with SP2 on the CD. Whenever I tried using the original CD, XP would not install.

To find out how to create a slipstream CD search for "windows XP slipstream sp2" on Google.

I hope this helps.
 

nweaver

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Originally posted by: ChuckLit2
I don't know if this is your problem, but after purchasing a new Intel badaxe I had to use my XP slipstream CD which I had created with SP2 on the CD. Whenever I tried using the original CD, XP would not install.

To find out how to create a slipstream CD search for "windows XP slipstream sp2" on Google.

I hope this helps.

or just download Nlite, as that's the best slipstream solution I have seen (I used to slipstream by hand)
 

Robor

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Originally posted by: BillyRubin
everything is new (hard drive and XP disc) so I assume they are OK. How do you do the mem test?

Do a Google for memtest86 and you'll find it. Download it and burn the .iso to CD. It makes a bootable CD that you just plop in the drive and power on the system. You'll see it autorun and autolaunch. It runs until you stop it by the way.
 

BillyRubin

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The version of XP I have supposedly has SP2. Would slipstreaming still work? Also, assuming the memory tests OK, is there any thing else it could be? I am trying to figure out all possible fixes so when I get home, I don't have to do any more research.