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Solve : Wierdest XP problem?

Answer» <html><body><p>When I try to install XP on any of my 4 computers the same thing happens, it loops after reset into the "gathering system information" as if I had just started the process. It never goes any further than the red Reboot screen??? Anyone  please help.Ahhh...<em> I love these kind of problems.</em><br/>Somewhere this was documented... but I lost it.<br/>Amway, one solution  is to take a hard drive and initialize it with another kind of program or system.  Like running GPART of a CD. It runs under Linux and can do more things to the hard drive flags.<br/>Or use almost any Linux that runs live off of a CD. They have either GPART or some other drive format program that can make the drive ready for XP.<br/><br/>Sorry I forgot the reason for this. Something about the installer can initialize the hard drive the way it ants for XP.<br/><br/>The drive flag (s)  has to be set to MSDOS, active, boot. The partition has to be primary. Linux can format it in <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/ntfs-572113" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about NTFS">NTFS</a>. But I prefer to format it again with the XP installer. I think the XP installer does  a better format job. Like locking bad sectors. Hard to prove, one can spend hours on a task that never know  why it went right after being wrong n times.<br/><br/>If it is any <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/consolation-343680" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CONSOLATION">CONSOLATION</a>. this kind of <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/problem-25530" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about PROBLEM">PROBLEM</a> has been widely reported.<br/><br/>this list might not be the same problem.<br/><a href="https://support.microsoft.com/kb/828267">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/828267</a><br/><a href="http://techtracer.com/2007/03/12/xp-installation-the-34-minute-hiccup/">http://techtracer.com/2007/03/12/xp-installation-the-34-minute-hiccup/</a><br/><a href="https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_xp-windows_install/windows-xp-setup-freeze-at-34-minutes/ca84c69f-5944-e011-90b6-1cc1de79d2e2">http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_xp-windows_install/windows-xp-setup-freeze-at-34-minutes/ca84c69f-5944-e011-90b6-1cc1de79d2e2</a><br/>Even you tube.<br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN_lx50ILck">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN_lx50ILck</a><br/>The video is horrible, but he claims to have the answer!<br/><a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/forum/100688-45-install-freezes-minutes">http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/100688-45-install-freezes-minutes</a><br/>Even Tom does not have a clean answer.<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>Are you using an original, retail XP CD? Quote from: Geek-9pm on February 24, 2014, 11:46:29 AM</p><blockquote>Ahhh...<em> I love these kind of problems.</em><br/>Somewhere this was documented... but I lost it.<br/>Amway, one solution  is to take a hard drive and initialize it with another kind of program or system.  Like running GPART of a CD. It runs under Linux and can do more things to the hard drive flags.<br/>Or use almost any Linux that runs live off of a CD. They have either GPART or some other drive format program that can make the drive ready for XP.<br/><br/>Sorry I forgot the reason for this. Something about the installer can initialize the hard drive the way it ants for XP.<br/><br/>The drive flag (s)  has to be set to MSDOS, active, boot. The partition has to be primary. Linux can format it in NTFS. But I prefer to format it again with the XP installer. I think the XP installer does  a better format job. Like locking bad sectors. Hard to prove, one can spend hours on a task that never know  why it went right after being wrong n times.<br/><br/>If it is any consolation. this kind of problem has been widely reported.<br/><br/>this list might not be the same problem.<br/><a href="https://support.microsoft.com/kb/828267">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/828267</a><br/><a href="http://techtracer.com/2007/03/12/xp-installation-the-34-minute-hiccup/">http://techtracer.com/2007/03/12/xp-installation-the-34-minute-hiccup/</a><br/><a href="https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_xp-windows_install/windows-xp-setup-freeze-at-34-minutes/ca84c69f-5944-e011-90b6-1cc1de79d2e2">http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_xp-windows_install/windows-xp-setup-freeze-at-34-minutes/ca84c69f-5944-e011-90b6-1cc1de79d2e2</a><br/>Even you tube.<br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN_lx50ILck">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN_lx50ILck</a><br/>The video is horrible, but he claims to have the answer!<br/><a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/forum/100688-45-install-freezes-minutes">http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/100688-45-install-freezes-minutes</a><br/>Even Tom does not have a clean answer.<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/></blockquote> <br/>I feel like pulling my hair out This is happening on FOUR different computers. Since the conception of XP I have never had any problem. Still my favorite.  <br/><br/><br/><br/>It's a retail copy. Had it <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/forever-996117" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about FOREVER">FOREVER</a> and I keep my stuff tight. At <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/first-461760" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about FIRST">FIRST</a> I used a copy of my CD, then the original. Quote from: Geek-9pm on February 24, 2014, 11:46:29 AM<blockquote>Ahhh...<em> I love these kind of problems.</em><br/>Somewhere this was documented... but I lost it.<br/>Amway, one solution  is to take a hard drive and initialize it with another kind of program or system.  Like running GPART of a CD. It runs under Linux and can do more things to the hard drive flags.<br/>Or use almost any Linux that runs live off of a CD. They have either GPART or some other drive format program that can make the drive ready for XP.<br/><br/>Sorry I forgot the reason for this. Something about the installer can initialize the hard drive the way it ants for XP.<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>I searched the problem and could not find a problem that had complete congruence.<br/><br/>The drive flag (s)  has to be set to MSDOS, active, boot. The partition has to be primary. Linux can format it in NTFS. But I prefer to format it again with the XP installer. I think the XP installer does  a better format job. Like locking bad sectors. Hard to prove, one can spend hours on a task that never know  why it went right after being wrong n times.<br/><br/>If it is any consolation. this kind of problem has been widely reported.<br/><br/>this list might not be the same problem.<br/><a href="https://support.microsoft.com/kb/828267">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/828267</a><br/><a href="http://techtracer.com/2007/03/12/xp-installation-the-34-minute-hiccup/">http://techtracer.com/2007/03/12/xp-installation-the-34-minute-hiccup/</a><br/><a href="https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_xp-windows_install/windows-xp-setup-freeze-at-34-minutes/ca84c69f-5944-e011-90b6-1cc1de79d2e2">http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_xp-windows_install/windows-xp-setup-freeze-at-34-minutes/ca84c69f-5944-e011-90b6-1cc1de79d2e2</a><br/>Even you tube.<br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN_lx50ILck">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN_lx50ILck</a><br/>The video is horrible, but he claims to have the answer!<br/><a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/forum/100688-45-install-freezes-minutes">http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/100688-45-install-freezes-minutes</a><br/>Even Tom does not have a clean answer.<br/></blockquote> Please stop responding within the quoted text - it's difficult to figure out what you're posting. In fact, it would be easier if you don't quote the previous thread - just type your response in the quick reply box at the bottom of the page. Thank you.Ok, makes sense.<br/>Time Out ....this is happening on 4 different PC's ? ?<br/><br/>No doubt it's the CD.Yeah, I thought the same thing except he said he tried a backup cd too - unless the original was corrupt and the backup was a copy of the corrupt files.It's corruption of the corrupt corruptness.... <br/>The OP should provide some more  detail. <br/><em>Does this happen at the 34 min mark? </em><br/><br/>Failure of XP to install after 34 min is documented.<br/>The links above suggest an esoteric hardware issue.<br/>It comes from:<br/> - corrupt HDD or CD-rom drive.<br/> - install chose wrong hardware drivers.<br/> - some unknown hardware error. <br/>If the failure comes before 34 min, the CD is bad.<br/><br/><br/></body></html>


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