Fresh Install of Windows XP

Charlies50

I need some help with a fresh install on Windows XP. Originally I had problems with installing the update for Itunes to version 7. Upon checking through Google tries all manner of things including Windows Validation Tool. This did not work.
Thought I would try a fresh install of Windows XP but it has got to the Windows Set Up part with a blue screen and will not move on further. Please can someone advise of any solution. I have tried ccleaner, hijack this and removed all advised on website. Have also tried regclean. Dont know where else to look. Desparate help required!

Seagull

Can you be more specific, do you get an error message/code ?

Charlies50

No error message. Just hangs with a blue screen. No amount of leaving on and coaxing helps. Goes through the beginning part of the set up. Gets to the windows set up point, flickers twice and will not move to allow to select repair/install etc.

Chippy_Minton

Charlies50 wrote: »

Thought I would try a fresh install of Windows XP but it has got to the Windows Set Up part with a blue screen and will not move on further.

At that point, does pressing F10 (or Shift+F10) to get into Recovery Console work? From there check C:\Windows\setupact.log, setupapi.log and setuperr.log for errors.

Charlies50

Having thought that this may be a hard drive problem I have purchased another today and installed. When trying to install Windows XP again I am hitting the same problem. Do you think that there is a setting in the bios that is not quite correct. Any help would be appreciated as I am losing the will to live!!:mad:

JonnyThunder

The first thing i'd try, is removing all sticks of memory APART FROM ONE. Then try your install again. If it gets further, then possible memory fault. If it doesn't, then you'll need to post some specifics about your PC. Is it a SATA harddisk? What disk are you using to install XP? A factory pressed one? Is it scratched?

Charlies50

There is only one 512 mb memory module in the pc. It is an IDE hard drive and I am using both orginal and copy of original disk. This is getting to the same point each time.