This is a problem similar to Jason F, where after the first restart of installation, it freezes on the blue screen with "Windows is Starting up" message at the bottom. I have the following computer specs: AMD Athlon 1.2GHZ VIA Chipset 256MB DDR 2100 RAM (1 stick) GeForce 2 MX 400 40 GB IBM Hard Drive 30 GB Seagate Hard Drive Because i don't have two RAM sticks, i cannot take one out and use the other one, but i am considering to buy another RAM stick to test your suggestion, as it is the only solution i haven't tried. Is it really because of the RAM sticks that is causing Windows XP to fail during installation? Please reply. :)

Bad RAM can be that kind of problem.

Try using a Win98 bootdisk to run "scandisk c" on the harddrive. Sandman

ge force 2 mx 400 can cause this issue,try a different video card during the install,particularly amd board and this card. will work fine once install is complete

I have the same problem, and I switched my Geforce 2 MX with a Gainward Geforce 4 Ti4200. Still the same problem. I'm so frustrated.