INSTALLING WINDOWS XP

did clean install on a new hard drive with xp pro,but got alot of messages that wouldnt load alot of the dills press enter to retry or esc to skip it. after skipping alot of them trying to get it to load
it just crashes.over the years ive used the installation disk on the same pc could that be it?maybe its used up. any help thanks.

 

Check the condition of the disc itself. If it is scratched more then likley that is your problem. Or maybe the cd drive is not reading the disc correctly.

Thoes are the only reasons that I can think of.

 

thanks for getting back with me jziman i took my os disk down to hollywood vidieo had it ground for two bucks made a big diff. but still get CANT LOAD BLA BLA BLA DLL.tryed differnt drives same thing.

 

are you saying that when you try to install a new xp again, the messages come up or after?

 

I am starting to think that the back of the disc may be damaged. That would corrupt the data in one place of the disc. Causing the data in that area not to be corrupt.

So check the back of the disc to see if it is missing any of the backing.

 

other things can prevent a complete installation of windows, as well. reseat your ram and clean the contacts. be *sure* your hard drive is not on it's way to death. is the pc clean and running cool? are all connections tight and connectors in good condition?

 

May also have been a bad burned copy that they shipped you. A lot of time when I make back-ups of my old O/S's I occasionally get the same error. When I use a new cd and lower the burn rate it usually fixes it. Try running a copy program with error correction. See if that helps.

 

thanks danandjen for getting back i made a backup copy of my os burned at 4 times ,but iam not sure what you mean by run a copy with error corections.

 

What I meant was use DVD decrypter or any other copying software and make sure the read rate is at lowest and error correction tabs are checked. This way the drive doesn't read ahead too far and leaves plenty of resources open for correcting any data read errors. I suggest backing up the disk with DVD decrypter into an ISO file. MOst O/S's can boot from standard ISO image disks, I know mine can.