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XP reinstall nightmare

  • 01-01-2006 10:49pm
    #1
    iwb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,398 ✭✭✭


    I should have given up on this a long time ago but I am stubborn. I have a Dell dimension 5100 which is only a few months old. It never was very stable but I assumed it was a virus or something and didn't do anything about it. A week ago, it blue screened and wouldn't reboot anymore, so I got the Dell CD and tried to do a reinstall from scratch.
    The install wouldn't copy certain files so I tried a different CD drive and then three other Dell install CD's. The files are somtimes different but there is a pattern. It usually stops on dvdplay.exe first and goes from there. When I hit esc to skip the file, there are many others also.
    I have no other XP home install cd except a copy someone gave me that isn't bootable. I assume it is the CD somehow although I did use one of the Dell ones on a laptop to test it and it went through the whole copy process without a hitch.
    Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
    Thanks, iwb.


Comments

  • #2
    garthv
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,698 ✭✭✭garthv


    Do you have a restore partition on your hard drive?


  • #3
    SLIM19198
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,312 ✭✭✭SLIM19198


    Check your ram and make sure your CPU fan is on properly and spinning!


  • #4
    iwb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,398 ✭✭✭iwb


    I thought it was a problem with the hard drive itself, so being the rocket scientist I am, I removed all partitions and formatted the drive.


  • #5
    iwb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,398 ✭✭✭iwb


    CPU fan is on and spinning. How can I check the ram?


  • #6
    iwb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,398 ✭✭✭iwb


    Slim, let me take this opportunity to bow to your infinite wisdom. I now have one of two 256MB sticks of ram sitting on the floor and a perfectly functioning windows reinstall.
    You are a prince amongst men.
    That is of course unless you are a woman:)


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  • #7
    SLIM19198
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,312 ✭✭✭SLIM19198


    Trust me, I aint no woman :P


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