On Sat, 29 Oct 2005, Rod Lindgren wrote:
Tried it, but it would not run. Even with the XP CD, when I
try to do a fresh install, a Recovery Console, or anything
else, it shuts down and starts over. Most of the time, we do
not even make it to the point where you can make a selection.
Three more checks before tossing it:
1) Memory might have gone south. Run Memtest86 3.2 from
http://www.memtest86.com/ to test the memory.
2) If memory passes the memtest86 tests, try booting with a
simple Win98 boot disk to the a: prompt and just leave it
sitting there. If it reboots (or freezes), it's probably a
hardware problem, most likely heat related. [DOH! :) ]
3) If nothing happens at 2, and if you have recovered, or given
up on recovering, any data from the disk, then you might try
the hard drive manufacturers diagnostic software to zero out
the drive. Then try to install XP from scratch on the drive.
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