From: tigger@nofurry.spam   
      
   "tigger"  wrote in message news:jp60me$vau$1@dont-email.me...   
      
   Installing XP, at first reboot it hangs, any help please?   
      
   intel celeron D, ntfs formatted drive, MSI MS 6787 VER 2 Motherboard   
   Socket 478.   
      
   install loop & failure   
   Installing XP, at first reboot it hangs, any help please?   
   intel celeron D, ntfs formatted drive, MSI MS 6787 VER 2 Motherboard   
   Socket 478. 2gb DDR ram   
      
   Ok, a little more info now.   
   We tried 3 XP CD's, replaced the IDE ribbon cables, removed all other drives   
   and replaced the RAM. Then we removed the graphics card and in the bios set   
   the onboard video ok. We turned off all the other onboard stuff, Audio, Lan   
   and Modem after setting the bios to failsafe boot. Replaced the USB keyboard   
   & Mouse with older PS/2 versions. Replaced flat LCD with older 19"crt   
   monitor, replaced AT power supply (swapped 200w for 300w).   
      
   We can easily install Linux, and gparted reports no errors. We can install   
   Win98 on Fat32, Chkdsk reports no problems.   
      
   Booted with Win98 floppy, fdisk'ed and deleted/replaced partition etc etc...   
      
   We want XP on NTFS.   
      
   Every time we go back and format the drive to NTFS and try to install XP   
   (genuine CD), the first reboot brings up the black XP loading screen with   
   logo and the little scrolling blue boxes, after a few seconds it simply   
   hangs... no errors reported, no BSD, the HD just stops and the CD is not   
   spinning. The HD LED goes out.   
   Obviously, booting back to CD completely restarts the install and it hangs   
   again.   
      
   We are stuck!   
   We can't think of anything else, especially as Linux is fast and fine to   
   install (not a live session, format to ext4 and install) and will run   
   perfectly every time...   
      
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