Help reinstalling win xp

[Thadius]

Ok, had to reformat my pc and now I cant seem to reinstall windows

I manage to get to the windows xp screen(the one with windows logo and a green bar) and it says please wait(waited for nearly 45 mins)

 

[Turran]

You still have your windows XP disc?

 

[old.Whoodoo]

Disconnect any network connections till XP has finished doing its thang, then reconnect it after. Had this on a PC before and I beleive it was trying to negotiate an IP address or something daft. Worth a shot anyway.

 

[Mojo]

Ok, had to reformat my pc and now I cant seem to reinstall windows

I manage to get to the windows xp screen(the one with windows logo and a green bar) and it says please wait(waited for nearly 45 mins)

Why did u have to format your pc?

 

[Thadius]

Why did u have to format your pc?

Cant remember now, my champ manager didnt play nice with norton antivirus

 

[Turran]

Well you can try and recover windows via the disc on the startup,

 

[Alan]

If you havent got to the logon screen / start button - then you will probably need to reinstall, its almost certainly a driver issue, id go for the basic of settings to get it installed again.

If you have previously logged on or seen the start button then when you reboot hold down F8 and choose "Last Known Configuration" from the menu provided.

 

[Mojo]

Boot into safe mode with command prompt and see what file it hangs on (might be mup.sys) just google the name of the file and try some of the fixes.

 

[Penguin]

If you're trying to reinstall windows i guess you have the installation disk in? Did you change the settings to boot from the CD not from the HD?

Had to reinstall windows twice before and it's a royal pain. GL.

 

[RS|Phil]

As long as you're formatting the drive totally, the best idea to is boot from the XP disk and delete the partition. Then reset the partition and do a format (not quick). All the instructions are laid out on sceen when you boot from the XP disk for this.

 

[Thadius]

As long as you're formatting the drive totally, the best idea to is boot from the XP disk and delete the partition. Then reset the partition and do a format (not quick). All the instructions are laid out on sceen when you boot from the XP disk for this.

Tried that, all I get then is Please wait when I reload my machine(when It asks)

 

[Nullifidian]

Dunno, mebbe remove additional hardware (pci cards, usb devices, etc.) then re-install. Never had any problems myself.

 

[Nullifidian]

or disable bios antivirus / update your bios.

 

[Thadius]

Dunno, mebbe remove additional hardware (pci cards, usb devices, etc.) then re-install. Never had any problems myself.

Done that, taken away everything but mouse, monitor and keyboard.

Just stops at same place everytime :<

 

[Laddey]

Ask Darzil, he solved every one of my PC problems

 

[old.Whoodoo]

Had a similar problem when a m8 got hold of a Dell copy of XP, turns out Dell must use some special drivers on the disk that only work on their systems, so make sure you have a non branded copy.

 

[Mojo]

Done that, taken away everything but mouse, monitor and keyboard.

Just stops at same place everytime :<

I suggested in an earlier post that you boot in safe mode with command prompt (although im not 100% that u can boot safe mode with command prompt at this point in the install) Anyway if you can you will be able to see where it is failing and therfore have a better idea as to why.

 

[Thadius]

I suggested in an earlier post that you boot in safe mode with command prompt (although im not 100% that u can boot safe mode with command prompt at this point in the install) Anyway if you can you will be able to see where it is failing and therfore have a better idea as to why.

I cannot boot up safe mode :<

And Im using a normal win xp home edition cd :<

 

[Nullifidian]

mmm, try enable APIC in your bios m8. And re-install.

 

[Thadius]

mmm, try enable APIC in your bios m8. And re-install.

What is an apic?

 

[Nullifidian]

What is an apic?

Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller.

Can sometimes make Mup.sys spaz out (and stop windows from booting if disabled.

 

[Yeke]

Try with a different keyboard and mouse had a similar problem a while ago witch was caused by a fuxxed keyboard.

Also if possably try using another copy of xp.