Solve : System Restarts Before It Loads WinMe?

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Answer» I formatted my harddrive and then installed Windows Me on my other computer ( same harddrive though ) because for some reason i wasnt able to install it on this one and when i put the harddrive back in this computer it would start up but all i would get is just a flash of the WinMe start up screen and then it reboots, it does the same thing in safe mode. I've ran scandisk and scanreg etc... in DOS mode and everything checks out ok. If anyone has any suggestions they would be much appreciated. ThanksIn general, installing an OS is more than just copying and unpacking files to the HARD drive. Many files are assembled on the fly based on your hardware configuration. My guess is that you have some serious hardware conflicts that are preventing you from booting. Try installing ME on the machine you're going to run it on. If you run into problems, get back to us. There are many knowledgable people in this forum. Hope this helps. Thanks for the reply Sidewinder, I've installed WinMe and other OS's plenty of times and even on this computer ( which is the one i wanted to put WinMe on ) but for some weird reason it just wont start up. I kinda DOUBT that there is any hardware conflicts cause like i said , the computer im on right now is the same one i wanted to put WinMe on , its just a seperate harddrive that i wanted to install WinMe on. I even DISCONNECTED my other 2 drives so that i wouldnt have any conflicts with them also i set the jumpers on the drive so that it was no longer a slave drive. Grrrrrrrr im lost...LOL. Ive done everything i could think of there is no reason why it shouldnt work (that i can think of ) so if you or anyone else who reads this have any ideas please send them my way. Thanks Ill accept anybodys help...lol PLEASEReformat and try again?Already did... a couple times. Quote the computer im on right now is the same one i wanted to put WinMe on I'm confused. From your posts, you want to install ME on a system that already has an OS on it? The only thing I can think of is that the partition that CONTAINS ME has to start within the first 2G of the physical disk. Other than that I cannot think of a reason why a fresh install would fail. Can you supply more details about your setup and what you are trying to accomplish? Get back to us. ok my first post when u install win on a computer and then chenge it to a diferent one w a diferent motherboard win don't like that very mouch and resets it's self each time u try to boot even on safe mode what u wanna do is try to repair the same windows on the comp u will be using it on is this winme disk an install disk.......or a recovery disk.. did you fromat the har drive and fdisk it.....with the winme f/d boot disk? more info on system used...may help....

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I formatted my harddrive and then installed Windows Me on my other computer ( same harddrive though ) because for some reason i wasnt able to install it on this one and when i put the harddrive back in this computer it would start up but all i would get is just a flash of the WinMe start up screen and then it reboots, it does the same thing in safe mode. I've ran scandisk and scanreg etc... in DOS mode and everything checks out ok. If anyone has any suggestions they would be much appreciated. ThanksIn general, installing an OS is more than just copying and unpacking files to the HARD drive. Many files are assembled on the fly based on your hardware configuration. My guess is that you have some serious hardware conflicts that are preventing you from booting.

Try installing ME on the machine you're going to run it on. If you run into problems, get back to us. There are many knowledgable people in this forum.

Hope this helps. Thanks for the reply Sidewinder, I've installed WinMe and other OS's plenty of times and even on this computer ( which is the one i wanted to put WinMe on ) but for some weird reason it just wont start up. I kinda DOUBT that there is any hardware conflicts cause like i said , the computer im on right now is the same one i wanted to put WinMe on , its just a seperate harddrive that i wanted to install WinMe on. I even DISCONNECTED my other 2 drives so that i wouldnt have any conflicts with them also i set the jumpers on the drive so that it was no longer a slave drive. Grrrrrrrr im lost...LOL. Ive done everything i could think of there is no reason why it shouldnt work (that i can think of ) so if you or anyone else who reads this have any ideas please send them my way. Thanks Ill accept anybodys help...lol PLEASEReformat and try again?Already did... a couple times. Quote

the computer im on right now is the same one i wanted to put WinMe on

I'm confused. From your posts, you want to install ME on a system that already has an OS on it?

The only thing I can think of is that the partition that CONTAINS ME has to start within the first 2G of the physical disk. Other than that I cannot think of a reason why a fresh install would fail.

Can you supply more details about your setup and what you are trying to accomplish?

Get back to us. ok my first post when u install win on a computer and then chenge it to a diferent one w a diferent motherboard win don't like that very mouch and resets it's self each time u try to boot even on safe mode what u wanna do is try to repair the same windows on the comp u will be using it on is this winme disk an install disk.......or a recovery disk..
did you fromat the har drive and fdisk it.....with the winme f/d boot disk? more info on system used...may help....

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