XP Help Needed

[efc]

Since you have reformated twice, you are not trying to save your data. That makes it easier.

My recommendation is that you perform a clean install of XP. Yes it can be done with the upgrade. Also format the drive ntfs. Change bios setting to made CDROM the first boot drive. Then restart machine and follow on screen instructions.

Here is a good step-by-step.

[jay529]

What is ntfs and how do I format it?

[efc]

NT File System (NTFS). It is one of the options that you will see during the clean install.

[jay529]

I am having a problem with it booted the CD. I out the bios to read the CD first and it when I start the computer it says: Boot from ATAPI CD-Rom: Failure...

So I though maybe if I put up the startup disk in i can get it like this.
A:d:setup
But then it tells me I can't run that program is dos mode.

[efc]

Read the step-by-step instructions in above post. It covers that problem.

[jay529]

Ok I tried the disk method from the step by step(Since my CD-Rom isn't bootable) and when I get to the 2nd disk I put it in and then it says...

File \ntkrnlmp.exe could not be loaded
The error code is 7
Setup cannot continue Press any key to exit

Err this is not cool...

[jay529]

Ok So I tried another method found in the Step-by-Step...
I am doing the "New Installation(Advanced)"

So it goes to the blue screen and alot of thing happen at the bottom (of like things that are getting installed) And then it stops and says Starting Windows... and that is when it freezes..

Please someone must be able to help