1. There was so little written about the machine and the XP CD (was it an original or copy?) and the Forum note was not heeded. It reads: "Note: If you're asking for technical help, please be sure to include all your system info, including operating system, model number, and any other specifics related to the problem."
2. XP glides onto good hardware. It will fail if the BIOS is not ready, the hard disk cables are incorrect, bad ram, overtaxed power supplies, failed cooling and the list goes on with copies of the XP CD off the internet and more.
Your post lacks detail to offer much other than ask for more from you.
In closing, look up and use MEMTEST86 and a DRIVE FITNESS TEST for your hard disk.
Bob
Im doing a clean, brand spanking new install on a machine that has no floppy drive. I have switched around the boot sequence in the BIOS to boot the CD ROM first, and that recognizes the disc ok. Windows formats the unpartitioned hard drive to NTFS. At first I got an error saying the NTFS.SYS file was corrupt, so I wiped everything out, and began again.
This time I partitioned the hard drive first, and it seems to want to go futher, and I no longer get the NTFS.SYS error, but when it begins copying files, it hangs at about 18 percent when it starts copying 'driver.cab' and I get a Blue Screen saying PFN_LIST_CORRUPT.
Had bad RAM in it before, wouldnt even start up. Now it works fine up to this point. Without a floppy drive or a previous working system on there it makes it real hard to throw things I might need on there...
Any suggestions?
Thanks!!
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