burr_ger Posted April 7, 2006 Report Share Posted April 7, 2006 Hi people, Im having a problem installing a fresh copy of windows XP. At the beginning of the installation once all the drivers have been installed it says "windows is starting up" (just before the screen where it asks if you want to repair or install a new copy of windows) and just freezes. I have tried swapping the dvd drive, psu, hd, ram, and just purposely bought a new MB but still didnt solve the problem, ive also tried windows home and professional but still no hope. The only thing i havent tried is the CPU. Does anyone one know if a faulty CPU would cause this? Is there a test program to see if the CPU is faulty? Any help would be great,Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belatucadrus Posted April 7, 2006 Report Share Posted April 7, 2006 I've never encountered a faulty CPU, they tend to be either/or, either it works or it doesn't. Did you reformat the drive before reinstalling ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r4may Posted April 7, 2006 Report Share Posted April 7, 2006 If the CPU was faulty I doubt if you would get through the POST tests.You probabley need to clean the HDD by a reformat, best done by the HDD manufactures Utilities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pa1916 Posted April 10, 2006 Report Share Posted April 10, 2006 If you have a floppy drive put a W98 or WME floppy in and choose without CDRom support on the A:\ type fdisk and delete the NONE DOS Partition remove the floppy insert WXP disk and reboot and WXP should load ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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