Unable to install Xp

[CadCrazy]

Trying to reinstall xp on my friends system. System had two partitions c and d of 30 & 45 GB (approx) resp (C drive for xp and d drive for data). I deleted & reformatted c: to reinstall xp. As you know there are two steps for installation. First setup copy all the files to partition and then system reboot into hard disk and complete the installation process. Problem is with second step.After setup copies all the files system reboots and then prompt to press any key to boot from cd. After five dots ( . . . . .) all i see is cursor blinking, nothing else and system halts afterward. Tried many time but same thing again and again .It seems as sytem is not able to find any bootable device other than cd. I checked the boot sequence, it is cdrom followed by HDD0.

Installed Ubuntu , worked fine without any problem. So there s nothing wrong with HDD.

Guys please help me solve it.

 

[Net007]

Change boot order of the devices after the first part of XP installation. Arrange hard drive to boot first.

 

[nvidia]

Did you try to install from some other disc?
There might be a problem with your cd...

 

[Batistabomb]

instead of waiting to see those dots appearing, at the time of reboot , remove CD and change your 1st boot device to HDD and try, then if installation continues insert your CD back again,i suspect this may be CD issue

 

[CadCrazy]

Tried everything except new cd

 

[Batistabomb]

cad crazy no doubt, problem is CD, so let's check a new CD, if not this may be a some display hardware (may be graphics devices) problem

 

[CadCrazy]

May be , will have to arrange another cd.

I'm now 900 post old

 

[Batistabomb]

post some thing special for your 1000th post dear

 

[CadCrazy]

Ok tried another cd but still the same problem. Anyone plz help

 

[Hackattack]

Press any key to boot.....

Did you press any key ?

 

[CadCrazy]

That ll make it boot from cd again

 

[Hackattack]

didn't read ur post correctly !

Ok change the boot order to 1-hdd , 2-cd and see if it boots from hdd.

Eh. that has already been suggested

Aaha most prolly your MBR is corrupted (guessing cos u installed linux )

 

[casanova]

Faced this problem a hell no of times. Wait for around 10-15 mins, it should continue. But first try a different cd.

 

[infra_red_dude]

This most likely seems a hardware problem to me! Strip the PC to bare minimum devices, format and then install again.

 

[CadCrazy]

Faced this problem a hell no of times. Wait for around 10-15 mins, it should continue. But first try a different cd.

Already tried.

This most likely seems a hardware problem to me! Strip the PC to bare minimum devices, format and then install again.

Nothig extra attached to it. Only usb hub and one cd writer(apart from dvd writer)

 

[Hackattack]

Try clearing the MBR with [fdisk /mbr] command.

 

[CadCrazy]

But i have formatted the partition. Now is this going to benefit me.

 

[Faun]

But i have formatted the partition. Now is this going to benefit me.

format the whole drive and install at someone else computer, see if it works

 

[CadCrazy]

But there s odd 44 gb stuff on other partition. So can't format the whole HDD.

 

[Hackattack]

But i have formatted the partition. Now is this going to benefit me.

No, mbr stays there even if u format the whole hdd. .
So get a bootable disc and try to fix or clear the mbr with the command.