XP Installation Help

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Hi,

Recently i built a Intel Celeron 2.4Ghz PC

I now want to get Windows XP Home to install

This is where the problems start



For some unknown reason it hangs at the XP boot screen after loading
the windows sepup files.

Could someone please inform me whats going wrong

Thanks in advance

Mark

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> For some unknown reason it hangs at the XP boot screen after loading
> the windows sepup files.
>
> Could someone please inform me whats going wrong

You don't have a removable disk such as a Castlewood Orb or Zip drive, do
you? I had an Orb and WinXP wouldn't boot without a disk mounted. It would
hang at the "Knight Rider" screen until a disk cartridge was inserted.

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markthedaemon wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Recently i built a Intel Celeron 2.4Ghz PC
>
> I now want to get Windows XP Home to install
>
> This is where the problems start
>
>
>
> For some unknown reason it hangs at the XP boot screen after loading
> the windows sepup files.
>
> Could someone please inform me whats going wrong
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Mark
>
As Ruel suggested, it could be a piece of hardware that XP does not
know how to handle. It is wise to remove any hardware that can be
removed when encountering such a problem. Once Windows is loaded,
install one piece of hardware at a time. That way if it fails to detect
the hardware or boot properly, you can remove the hardware and seek the
proper driver.

It might also be what Kevin suggested. It is always wise to run a
memory test before doing any additional software trouble shooting when
Windows won't load properly.