i have just put together a NEW computer but am unable to get xp to load on it.it start on the F6 setup i load the raid drivers and the mass storage drivers and when this finishes and comes up with will now load windows it just FREEZES. The specs are 5.8 twin core 64 amd processor ecs nvidia mother board 2GB RAM sata 750 GB hd and 500 watt power.could it be to do with the data rate transfer .i have tried partitioning the hd so to load on a smaller drive but nothing seems to work.Copy of XP or does it say Microsoft all over it ? ?yes it is a ms xp diskThe 2 things i have seen cause this most commonly is bad RAM or a dirty CD/DVD...
You can DLoad and run MemTest which makes a bootable CD...let it run at LEAST 2 hours.
For the CD clean it with a soft lint-free cloth.thanks i have tried different cds so i KNOW it is not that.but i had'nt thought about the ram being at fault as it is all new.and i don't get any peeps from the bios to say the ram is at fault.Pull one of the RAM sticks out and try to load. If it fails swap out that one with the other and try a load. If that works you'll know which one is bad.

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