Hi, I'm new to this forum and I thought I'd give it a shot.
I have a custom computer
AMD Athlon XP 2200+
2.70 ghz
512 ram
120 GB hard drive
Radeon 9800 Pro 256 MB
Windows XP Professional
I tried to reformat earlier because of all the spyware and viruses that only seemed to get worse. This is what I did:
I put the Windows XP Professional CD into the disk tray.
I clicked Install Windows XP
I clicked New Installation (advanced)
I then pressed enter at the blue screen after a bunch of files were installed.
then we got to the screen where it told me to select the partition, and I wasn't too sure on what to do so I exited.
I then tried to restart my computer and it is now stuck at Verifying DMI Pool along with 2 Boot from CD...
I tried boot with the Windows XP CD as first boot sequence, but it still didn't work.
I can't even get into safe mode.
The windows xp cd doesn't load.
Am I doing something wrong?
Anyways thanks for taking your time to read this, hopefully someone can post a solution, causing me not to have to purchase a new hard drive.
Thanks again
I have a custom computer
AMD Athlon XP 2200+
2.70 ghz
512 ram
120 GB hard drive
Radeon 9800 Pro 256 MB
Windows XP Professional
I tried to reformat earlier because of all the spyware and viruses that only seemed to get worse. This is what I did:
I put the Windows XP Professional CD into the disk tray.
I clicked Install Windows XP
I clicked New Installation (advanced)
I then pressed enter at the blue screen after a bunch of files were installed.
then we got to the screen where it told me to select the partition, and I wasn't too sure on what to do so I exited.
I then tried to restart my computer and it is now stuck at Verifying DMI Pool along with 2 Boot from CD...
I tried boot with the Windows XP CD as first boot sequence, but it still didn't work.
I can't even get into safe mode.
The windows xp cd doesn't load.
Am I doing something wrong?
Anyways thanks for taking your time to read this, hopefully someone can post a solution, causing me not to have to purchase a new hard drive.
Thanks again