Will not install Windows

[Robrein]

I have been building, maintaining, customizing, and repairing comps for bout 4 or 5 years now. I just picked up a bunch of comp parts from a friend that runs his own shop (Mostly junk or overstocked parts). I put together a machine that runs just fine. The bios recognizes everything in the comp. I tried to load a copy of Windows Xp onto it and got nowhere. It acted like is was gonna take but then stops with a blinking underscore. I have reset the bios to factory defaults and I did the more fun way and took the cmos out and reset the jumper. Same thing. I have tried everything and I usually don't ask for help unless I am completely stumped. Please help me out. Thank You

 

[viper880]

Does the bios detect the cd drive ?

 

[Robrein]

Actually I let the bios auto detect the cd drive and it found everyone that I tried in it. I know that the disc drives that I have put in it work for the simple fact that they r mine and I take extremely good care of my stuff. Not to mention that I just pulled them out of working machines.

 

[nu2duo]

bios recognized your hd? Is hd a "junk" part or is it a good working hd? Maybe do a longer cmos reset...12hr reset. Good luck
BTW, maybe you have a bad hd.

 

[Robrein]

I know the Hard Drive is good. I just pulled it out of a working machine... and it was just bought not that long ago as well. I will try wiping the bios for a few hours and see if that works or helps any. Thanx

 

[jayhawker01]

bad cd disc?

 

[Brinson]

Have you tried other operating systems, that would help you determine whether its hardware or software related.

 

[Robrein]

I actually used 3 different versions of Windows. The first of which was Windows XP Pro. The second was a modified version of XP Pro Scene Edition. The third was XP home. All of my discs are in really good condition. Very few and hard to see scratches.

 

[SpRi7e]

Your cd drive might be busted because that same thing happened to me before I bought a new cd drive and worked perfectly.

 

[viper880]

Make sure the cd drive is atleast trying to spin up....