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General Category => Hardware => Topic started by: p3nis69 on July 01, 2007, 09:34:36 PM

Title: HELP WITH BOOTING COMPUTER WITH XP??!!
Post by: p3nis69 on July 01, 2007, 09:34:36 PM

I have a maxtor 200gb hard drive that i partitioned into two 100gb sections. I installed windows xp professional into one of the partitions. Before i could not install because the "Access Mode" in "CMOS" had been set to "Auto," but i switched it to "Large" and it worked. I have installed xp and entered the serial number and everything. But after the setup completes it restarts the computer. Then after its done restarting, i get the screen where it says "Windows Xp Professional" and theres a loading bar below it. Now the loading bar has 3 little squares that move from left to right. This is when the problem starts up. Those 3 blue squares go from left to right of the loading bar 3 times, and then i get a glimpse of a blue screen error (cannot tell which one because its too fast) then the computer restarts !!?? any idea why this is happening? any help would be greately appreciated.

Title: HELP WITH BOOTING COMPUTER WITH XP??!!
Post by: I Hate My User Name on July 03, 2007, 09:28:42 PM

Wrong forum; should be in "Tech Clinic".

Title: HELP WITH BOOTING COMPUTER WITH XP??!!
Post by: Captain Obvious on July 06, 2007, 11:24:31 PM

As it is in wrong forum, I think it might be your hard drive. My labtop did that, it just kept restarting at a certain point. Might want to check into that hard drive.