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I am building this pc for the first time and I seem to have problem installing WIN XP PRO on the new HD. I am using the following hardware...
Mobo : ASUS P5P800
CPU : pentium 4 2.8
RAM : Kingston KVR400/512R (512MB)
HDD : Seagate 120 GB IDE
AGP : Chaintech Volari V3 128MBI have carefully connected all the devices and I am able to get into bios and set boot priorities as my floppy drive first, then my dvd drive and finally my HD. I also checked that my bios recongizes my cd and harddrive. when I put a Windows XP installation cd, it seems like it is reading it then nothing happens and my monitor comes to this blank screen with nothing on it. I have also tried disconnecting everything else but the video card but the problem still there.
can someone help with troubleshoot this problem? I'd really appreciate it.
This may be of interest to you. I might not be seeing this exactly, so please bare with me.
Possibly, you are not doing the following
Tell your bios to make your dvd for now your 1st drive.
Insert your windows XP setup disk in your dvd drive and reboot your computer.
Your windows XP cd will ask you to push any button when your computer sees your dvd drive while booting up and will begin loading the drivers for your computer.
I think this was lacking. Enjoy
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Win XP has real problems adressing all
harddrives above 130 GB size.
On first glance everything might look
perfect, but hell can break loose when the system uses HD-sectors above 130 GB.
Then in worst case the old data is overwritten, starting from sector 1, rendering your system in non-bootable condition finally.You need Service Pack 1 or 2 when installing the new drive.
- Other solution: (has worked for me twice)
Use third party tool to partition your drive
like part. magic. Create Partitions in sum under 130 GB size.Then you should be able to install without
system crashes.
After installing SP 1 or SP 2 you can then use the full range of your HD.
- Exception for this are external USB-HDs.
They can be fully used by windows XP even in first version, because the usb-controller chip handles the data-transfer.
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Try changing the RAM.
Joshua,
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I'll go along with Joshua. Installation problems with XP nearly always come down to faulty RAM. XP is a little more picky about the quality of RAM than previous versions of Windows.
As the Hard disk involved is only 120 Gbs, the 130 Gb problem doesn't arise.
If the BIOS was ignoring the CD and trying to boot from a non-existent OS on the hard disk you would get an No Operating System found error.
Stuart
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New/Clean Install/Re-Install
1=Set Bios to boot from CD/ROM as first boot device
2=Place the OS/CD in the CD/ROM drive and Re-Boot
3=Watch for the prompt to "press any key to boot from CD/ROM" Press ASAP(Ignore when prompt appears on any reboot)
(You will only get this prompt if there is an XP/OS installed on the HDD)
4=windows Setup (Loads Files)
5=To setup XP now press "enter"
6=Press F8 for license
7=To continue installing a fresh copy of windows without repairing press "ESC"
8=For a new or unpartitioned drive press"C"
9=For a drive that has partitions, operating system or any data on it, you should press "D" to delete the partition and start out with a clean drive.
10=Press "enter"
11=You will be prompted again, press "L"(You will do this for each partition) , Now you are ready to partition and format
12=Press "C"
13=To create a new partition, enter a size below and press "Enter" (Note=You can create more than one partition here or press "Enter" to utilize the entire drive
14=To setup windows on the selected partition press "enter"
15=Select format NTFS with quick option, (Should be the top selection)
16=Press "enter'
17=Wait for format to complete
18=Computer will start copying files to the installation folders (this may take several minutes)
19=Computer will re-boot, do not press any key to boot from CD/ROM when prompted.
20=follow the on-screen instructions to complete loading windows.
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Joshua and Stuart are the only one's reading the original post here...it doesn't matter whether dvd rom is 1st or second boot, it will still come up and it clearly is coming up, just freezing.
Feels like video card...check that it is seated perfectly...ram check that it is seated perfectly...take them out and put them back.
Also one last thing while there is some of this ram that is non-ECC most of it was ECC and in checking the ads, that isn't mentioned much...if this is ECC and most of it was, it won't work in that board, and in fact won't work in many boards, and that is one of the reasons it has gotten so cheap recently as the "honeymoon" with what was more expensive seems to be over again.
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to Rich Mentzel,, we are all volunteers here so there is no reason to disparage anyone, we are all only trying offer help and maybe another solution.
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FJB,
What are you talking about?
I wasn't disparaging anyone, it's a common mistake made on forums where we all read too fast because there are so many posts to read.
People correct me all the time when I mess up here, nothing personal about it, and I don't take it that way.
It is not correct that the only way XP a cd will boot is as # 1 device, and in fact if you make it # 2, makes more sense because then you do not have to go back and change it when you are done installing OS, whereas if you leave it # 1 you should change that after you are done.
And the cd is booting because setup is running, it just isn't completing. I would n ot want to mislead anyone with misinformation myself...but this is hardly personal and of course we are all volunteers...I am too.
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OK, I back off what I said, but to clarify. it does make a difference what the boot order is, it just depends on whether there is an OS installed or if the drive is clean.
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Whether there is an OS on the hard disk makes no difference as long as the CD comes before the hard disk in the boot order.
Floppy First, CD/DVD second and Hard disk third is fine. The BIOS will first look at the floppy drive. If there is no disk in the floppy drive it will then look at the CD. If there is no bootable disk in the CD/DVD drive it will then look at the hard disk. If there is no OS on the hard disk the BIOS will then come back with no OS found.
The BIOS looks for the MBR. If it is a brand new disk there will be no MBR. If it finds a MBR but no OS because the disk has been formatted, it will produce a lightly different error but it will be plain that there is no bootable OS to be found.
I cannot remember exactly what the error message is and I am about to format hard disk to find out.
Some BIOS will even go further if it finds no OS on the hard disk and look for another bootable device such as a bootable USB device or a hard disk other than drive 0.
There is a slight difference between the Floppy and CD drive. If there is a non-bootable disk in the floppy the BIOS will produce an error - No OS, replace disk and press enter. This error message is taken from the boot sector of the floppy and will vary depending on which OS formatted the floppy.
With a CD it is slightly different. The BIOS will completely ignore a non-bootable CD/DVD as there is no boot information for it to look at. Every floppy disk and every hard drive partition has a boot sector whether it is bootable or not. The difference is in what the boot sector contains.
There is one disadvantage of having the Hard disk third in the boot order in as much as it slows down the boot process as the BIOS first searches the floppy drive and CD/DVD drive.
Stuart
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well, is your disk pirated or slipstreamed.. in either case it may not be bootable, if you get on another computer you can go to bootdisk.com and get windows XP start floppies, there are 6
go here to find the disks
or you could make it bootable.. there are tons of FAQs that will tell you how
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I don't think it could be video card, as when installing Windows you would be using the same hardware that you see the bios with. Pretty much the same kind of vanilla drivers since the resolution is pretty much the same in the install process before you load up the video drivers. In other words if you can see the bios you should be able to see the install process unless there is something else wrong besides the video.
Do you have access to another cd drive? Might be a faulty drive.
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