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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows XP => Topic started by: theChameleon on September 25, 2009, 07:16:49 PM
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hi, i have reformatted and installed XP Pro SP 2 from disk.
but the boot up only got until the loading screen where i can see that progress bar thingie.
but it does not go into Windows.
wat should i do?
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Most likely cause is a bad Hard Drive.
Second most likely is a dirty CD, or dirty lens in CD-Drive.
Or failing CD-drive.
Sick RAM can cause that.
Overheating CPU, due to improper mounting of fan.
Failing Power supply.
Easy quick test is to boot up a small version of Linux off just the CD-Drive.
It can run even with a bad hard drive. If it has a hard time mounting the Hard drive and reading the directory, it becomes obvious it is the hard drive.
Here is an article dated 2003 from IBM:
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-knopp.html
The author says that Knoppix Linux on CD is a good tool to have.
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Most likely cause is a bad Hard Drive.
Second most likely is a dirty CD, or dirty lens in CD-Drive.
Or failing CD-drive.
Sick RAM can cause that.
Overheating CPU, due to improper mounting of fan.
Failing Power supply.
Easy quick test is to boot up a small version of Linux off just the CD-Drive.
It can run even with a bad hard drive. If it has a hard time mounting the Hard drive and reading the directory, it becomes obvious it is the hard drive.
Here is an article dated 2003 from IBM:
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-knopp.html
The author says that Knoppix Linux on CD is a good tool to have.
ok... but when i install XP Home, it starts up ok. so i guess the CD for the XP Pro SP2 is faulty?
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ok... but when i install XP Home, it starts up ok. so i guess the CD for the XP Pro SP2 is faulty?
Yes.
Bbut that was a list of things...
and a easy way to isolate the problem to the CD or Hard drive.
If you can NOT boot the Linux CD, the CD-drive is bad.
If you can boot the Linux CD, the hard drive is bad.