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More info?)
"Bruce Chambers" wrote:
> Steve wrote:
> > when i do make it to the windows setup in dos, it starts copying over
> > installation files and than my monitor shuts off, and the cd rom stops
> > spinning but the computer is still running, i check the fans and they are
> > fine..checked the cpu and it was running at 42 degrees celcius or so..so
> > thats fine. idk whats going on..and i went back in and reseated everything
>
>
> Have you made sure that your PC's hardware components are capable
> of supporting WinXP? This information will be found at the PC's
> manufacturer's web site, and on Microsoft's Windows Catalog:
> (http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/hcl/default.mspx) Additionally, run
> Microsoft WinXP Upgrade Advisor to see if you have any incompatible
> hardware components or applications.
>
> Also bear in mind that PCs designed for, sold and run fine
> with Win9x/Me very often do not meet WinXP's much more stringent
> hardware quality requirements. This is particularly true of many
> models in Compaq's consumer-class Presario product line or HP's
> consumer-class Pavilion product line. WinXP, like WinNT and Win2K
> before it, is quite sensitive to borderline defective or substandard
> hardware (particularly motherboards, RAM and hard drives) that will
> still support Win9x.
>
>
> --
>
> Bruce Chambers
>
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> both at once. - RAH
>
Well since I can't even install windows on a formatted hard drive with
nothing on it, im assuming I can't run Microsoft WinXP Upgrade Advisor. I
also can't run WinMe if I wanted to cause of my HT processor. I just can't
figure out why its shutting down when I'm attempting to install windows in
dos.
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