Hi there,

I have a HP Pavillion media centre PC with a 3.0 ghz processor, 512 Ram, 200 gig hard drive running Windows XP home edition.

Ok, so i put in the original cd for Windows XP and formatted the C: drive which is the main drive with XP on it. I then proceeded to install XP again but after it finished it looks like a lot of the drivers were missing. For example i dont seem to have any network connections (not even the my local area one or whatever its called).

So i then proceed to delete and reinstall using the Service Pack 2 cd that came with my computer thinking this MIGHT do something different and it starts installing XP again only this time it freezes at 33 minutes to go installing the files and i continuosly get stuck on this screen....my mouse and KEYBOARD dont work and if i take the cd out or try another one to continue the setup process i get an error message saying the service pack 2 cd NEEDS to be used to continue the setup but it never works.

Any help as to how i can just delete the install process and start over ?


Format the drive and start again. Download SP2 from the Microsoft site and install that. Disconnect the printer and any external devices before starting.

You may want to start by checking your hard drive with the free diagnostics from the appropriate drive maker's site, and testing the RAM with the free download at www.memtest86.com just to make sure there is not a hardware issue. Hi krazy .

I think with all HP systems you have 2 Disks. one of them is Operating system Disk and the other is Application and DRIVER RECOVERY Disk.

If thats the Case, make sure to use the App and Dri Disk and install all Drivers. If u do not have these disks then go to hp.com/support and download the required drivers