I don't have a solution, but have the same symptom.  This is a 1GHz Duron, 
256M RAM custom build.  It came to me with Win XP on it. It would start to 
boot, then stop halfway.  Would stop part way through booting up in safe 
mode.  I changed memory, hard drive, CDROM drive and reloaded the OS with 
two different XP Cds.  Always stops in setup at 34 minutes - loading device 
drivers.  I suspect it's either a failed mobo component or a BIOS problem. 
It will not go into setup, but flashes through it.  Will not boot from a 
known good floppy. I'm looking for any other suggestions.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Vickery" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 7:40 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Reinstalling Win XP Pro fails


Stats: 1.80 gigahertz Intel Pentium; 512 Mb ram; bus 100 Mhz; C: 160 gbyte 
WD hd; D: 43 gbyte WD hd; Sony DVD-RW.  I think my XP Pro disks are SP1.

Before donating my 'old' computer to our church, I chose to give them a 
clean operating system with all my old files and tweaks removed.  I'm 
'simply' doing a total reinstall of my XP PRO which was already on the 
drive.  I loaded my XP Pro CD into my DVD-RW and booted from the CD.  All 
went well through the formating and the first stage of installation.  BUT 
then, after it rebooted itself, it began to continue installing more 
files -- seeminly starting with 39 minutes until completion.  At 34 minutes 
to go, it works a while and then the little activity indicator at the bottom 
of the screen freezes and soon afterwards the harddrive activity stops.  I 
even let it sit for 8 hours one time and nothing more happened.

I have tried this process about 4 times on my original C Drive, reformatting 
NTFS each time, and each time it 'locks up' at the same place.

I have connected my D Drive as my C Drive and tried to run the installation 
again.  Everything is normal and continues as before until it reaches that 
34 minute mark.  I've tried it again and it will not get passed the 34 
minute mark.

I can only guess my installation disk has gone bad over the years.

Any suggestions?

TIA

Ken

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