XP installation problem

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Pull all hardware out of the computer that you don't need to install. You need a video card, hard disk, and a CD-Rom drive. Unplug everything else.

Report the blue screen error or don't waste others time by posting here without the error message.
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"Unknown" <dwilkins@unitelc.com> wrote in message news:vc1l419khb27k96mihhuf9pbv5c1pbbfeo@4ax.com...
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> This is an E-machine computer.
>
> When the computer arrived it booted to the boot menu and no matter
> which option you selected it returned to the same boot option. Of
> course it has an OEM XP CD.
>
> I reinstalled using the OEM CD and arrived at the same boot menu with
> the same problem. Any choice puts you in a loop back to the boot menu.
>
> I used delpart, formatted the HD, and attempted to install XP from a
> MS issued CD and it goes to a blue screen telling me it is going to
> start windows and just hangs there. It does the same thing when I
> tried to install W2K.
>
> The memory tested OK but I tried a new stick and all of the above
> problems remained unchanged. I tried a different HD...no help.
>
> Here is the kicker. Win98 se installs and functions normally.
>
> I have run out of ideas and so has the instructor in our computer
> repair class at a local college.
>
> Any suggestions will be appreciated and tried.