Looping at post?

[Conan]

Could it be that the motherboard does not support the cd booting or the cd itself? The files on M/soft web page for booting from 6 floppy disks don't work either. I think maybe this one is impossible to solve. But thank you all so very much!!!!

I tried installing XP on a friend's Compaq notebook in the past but no success either in booting from CD. The only thing that worked was his recovery CD to install Windows Me.

[cash_site]

I tried installing XP on a friend's Compaq notebook in the past but no success either in booting from CD. The only thing that worked was his recovery CD to install Windows Me.

Good point Conan, he did say that she bought those cheap comps on sale, might be an old Dell/Compaq/Gateway etc computer. Does she have any recovery cd from when she bought it?

Also, becareful in her flying the HD's over, dont put it in baggage, as the carriers make throw it around

I had a similar problem, with XP continually rebooting in same loop. Happened after I totally wrecked the OS files. BB was able to walk me thru doing a quick repair installation, just enough to get back into XP and BACK UP everthing!! Then time for reformat.

Hope she gets it fixed. Where is 700miles away from you, back in UK ??

[Courtiot]

Hello!!!
You are all so patient!!! Thank you!!
I have tried very hard to try to find out what she actually did that caused all this but all she says is that when she switched it on the next day it would not work!! But then later on she said; below........................
I actually sent her instructions for the booting of cd that you kindly sent and she has now got a bit further. The cd is booting now and she is getting a setup screen (not windows xp screen though) just a blue setup screen that says; setup is now starting - then it just stops at thet screen, it does not go any further.

The 700 miles bit that I wrote in??? I am sorry but that is km, not miles like I said, we have not been in France very long and it takes a bit of getting used to!!! She lives in Paris and we live in the South West of France near Biarritz!!! It is still a long way lol
The computer was/is a yakamo i think. Told you it was a cheap type lol

I asked her how she came about to delete the file INF file txtsetup.sif is corrupt or missing, status 7. Setup cannot continue. Press any key to exit. She said;

I had never seeen it b4... thought it shouldnt be there so i deleted it

I always have hidden files and folders showing, and that was never there b4
I told her to change the hidden files and folders to hide, bit late now but...... You are all getting closer as at least now she is booting from cd even though it does not go very far!!!