Can't reinstall WinXP from bootable CD.

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Hi

Please see if the following link helps:

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&c2coff=1&q=ag...

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Will Denny
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"Jose Z" <tajoman@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1e9d01c4afa7$b326f310$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> Last night I wiped my partition of Win98SE and installed
> XP. Everything was going fine until I installed SP2. Upon
> rebooting the system hangs. It tried ALL the options
> (safe modes, etc.) and NONE worked. On the safe modes I
> saw that it got stuck on loading "agp400.sys".
>
> a) I booted from the cd and disable agp400.sys
> b) I was now able to boot up but the display was at
> 640x480 (and unchangeable)
> c) I re-enabled agp400.sys and everything hung up again..
> (doesn't boot)
> d) I formatted (quick) and tried to reinstall.
> e) The install process now hangs and the onscreen
> graphics get corrupted.
>
> Any help would be much appreciated!
>
>
> Jose.
>

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain (More info?)

Hi,

Thanks! I looked over those prior to my initial post.
Unfortunately, they indicate the same problem but don't
have a fix/solution. Also, my current problem is that I'm
unable to complete a fresh install of XP.

thanks!

Jose.


>-----Original Message-----
>Hi
>
>Please see if the following link helps:
>
>http://groups.google.com/groups?
hl=en&lr=&c2coff=1&q=agp400.sys+install+xp
>
>--
>
>Will Denny
>MVP - Windows Shell/User
>Please reply to the News Groups
>
>
>"Jose Z" <tajoman@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>news:1e9d01c4afa7$b326f310$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>> Hi,
>>
>> Last night I wiped my partition of Win98SE and
installed
>> XP. Everything was going fine until I installed SP2.
Upon
>> rebooting the system hangs. It tried ALL the options
>> (safe modes, etc.) and NONE worked. On the safe modes I
>> saw that it got stuck on loading "agp400.sys".
>>
>> a) I booted from the cd and disable agp400.sys
>> b) I was now able to boot up but the display was at
>> 640x480 (and unchangeable)
>> c) I re-enabled agp400.sys and everything hung up
again..
>> (doesn't boot)
>> d) I formatted (quick) and tried to reinstall.
>> e) The install process now hangs and the onscreen
>> graphics get corrupted.
>>
>> Any help would be much appreciated!
>>
>>
>> Jose.
>>
>
>
>.
>