WinXP Pro won't install

HalOfBorgHalOfBorg West Virginia
edited November 2003 in Science & Tech
I had this machine dual boot 98se/XP Pro for about a year, but now 98 has been getting too many blue screens so I decided to put only XP in.

I boot from XP CD - all goes normal until "Starting Windows" - where it starts to actually write files to HD. Screen goes blank, just sits there.

I unplugged my new CDRW, ZIP disk and the 80G WD. Also tried removing memory and other cards (which have been there long time). Tried several other XP disks - same exact result with known good.

I installed 98se fresh - no problems except for normal 98 stuff and 98 WOULD boot before, as would XP (it ran fine) so HD is ok. (2 partitions on a 30G WD). No problems accessing files, just too many BSOD in 98.

I have a Gainward G4 TI4200 GS video card. Is this what is causing problem? I installed XP with my old Voodoo5 (sold it) before.

I don't want to buy a video card just to try installing.

ABIT KT7 RAID
1 G Tbird (No OC)
384M pc133 Crucuial running at 133 (I'm a weeinie)
No RAID array - drives on IDE3-4 (worked fine 98 and xp before)

Comments

  • XenogearedXenogeared
    edited November 2003
    Have you tried upgrading an installation of 98 to xp?
  • Cool-CanuckCool-Canuck
    edited November 2003
    HalOfBorg your worst fears are probably true. It's the video card. You will need to find something for the install. After that, all will be cool.
  • HalOfBorgHalOfBorg West Virginia
    edited November 2003
    Yeh - I thought of the "Install 98 & Upgrade to XP" idea - on the way home with my freshly installed & updated 98 box. :mad:

    So - when this install of 98 gets too cranky to live with (6 months? ;) ) THEN I'll try different video cards. Friend has several, I'll try 'em one by one 'till I find one that works.

    OR - buy another Voodoo5 somewhere. I KNOW that one works.

    Thanks again!
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