XP Install Problems

adsejam · 13th February 2010, 08:43 PM

Hi All,

I'm just having a few problems installing a fresh Windows XP Professional to a pc here... it had XP Pro on it about 3 months ago, it then was upgraded to Vista and now the user wants XP back on it! When I boot from the disk, it gets stuck on "setup is inspecting your computer's hardware configuration" at the very beginning and will remain like that for as long as I leave it, any ideas what could be causing this?

Thanks for you help in advance!

Vger · 14th February 2010, 01:19 PM

Your best bet is to reformat the hard drive and start from scratch.

I know that this will mean reloading all previous programmes installed, but it will give you a "clean" install and this way you can be sure that there will be no residual problems resulting from downgrading from Vista to XP.

I made the mistake of upgrading from IE 7 to IE 8 and downgraded again - but ever since I did that I've had ongoing residual problems.

Another solution would be to upgrade to Windows 7, which is a much slimmer beast than Vista. You cannot upgrade from XP to Vista, but you can upgrade from Vista to Windows 7.

Vger

adsejam · 14th February 2010, 08:59 PM

Hi Vger,

Thank you for getting back to me, I've been playing with the pc all day, and after a few hours of formating / changing hard-drives, swapping ram around etc etc, I pulled out the Belkin Wireless Adapter from a pci slot in the pc and the install proceeded without a problem at all, so it turns out the wireless card was halting the install!!

Vger · 14th February 2010, 10:02 PM

Never liked Belkin stuff - overpriced for what it is.

Vger

adsejam · 14th February 2010, 11:11 PM

Hi Vger,

I don't got for Belkin personally, this pc belongs to a friend of mine, I like netgear for network hardware, I got this card to replace the Belkin:

54 Mbps Wireless PCI Adapter : Wireless Cards - PCI : Maplin

Worked a treat so far

Vger · 15th February 2010, 10:46 AM

Yes, I use Netgear and the cheaper alternative LinkSys.

Vger

adsejam · 15th February 2010, 11:07 AM

Yeah, networking has always seemed to be a constant issue in my day job, we use DrayTek for most of our hardware now, expensive, ugly to look at, but works without a hitch! Check them out.

DrayTek Vigor - ADSL Routers Firewalls UTM VoIP and Networking Products

thinkbizom · 13th March 2010, 03:39 AM

all of first you boot your system from bootable cd then you delete all partition in HDD.
after that use xp cd may be install.

Elgamal · 14th April 2010, 12:26 PM

I recommend that you format the drive then reinstall if the problem still there. this is the fastest way to do so.

John23 · 28th May 2010, 09:57 AM

First of All, you have to format the drive as previous OS has been installed then check your BIOS boot priority make CD Drive first. If still you find any trouble, you should call your hardware vendor!