XP installation problem

lee634

Experts

Help needed
I have had my laptop (packard bell ) since last september starting to get a bit slow, decided i would do a fresh install with the master CD that i created, when i got it,

It started to do the install it quick formatted the C:
i think it started to reinstall then it shut itself off
now it reads the CD, loads Smartdrv and detects Ramdrive,

it loads MS tools

then hangs at the point of Checking for ATAPI drive.

if i boot without the cd it boots to a command prompt, looking at the C drive, some bits have been installed as there are some windows and system files etc,

have tried rebooting with and without the cd but gets to the points above

URGENT HELP PLEASE MUCH APPRECIATED

Lee

hobo28

Does the rescue CD use Ghost to reimage the PC or is it a full unattended install? You can check by popping the CD into another drive and looking for .GHO file(s).

If it does, what you could do is create a bootable CD with Ghost on it from another PC then use that to boot your laptop then swap discs to do the actual clone.

Good luck

lee634

hobo

not sure what has happened,
must have tried rebooting about 20 times
the only thing i can think of is now i have set the onboard video graphics to 8Mb instead of 16

Now i seems to be reinstalling

Very strange
Will keep you updated
lee