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[QUOTE]Originally posted by 94gt: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by venomized93: [qb] [QUOTE]Originally posted by 94gt: [qb] did you get a chance run scandisk? almost sounds like a bad cluster on your harddrive... a blue screen on XP indicates a hardware issue that windows didnt like. if you have a spare harddrive, swap that in and install xp... then slave your other harddrive in and run a good scan disk. are you on a 2nd computer that you can use for t/s'ing? [/qb][/QUOTE]It doesnt allow me to get that far. Im on my roomates comp. Can you give me a little more details on how to do that? Thanks [/qb][/QUOTE]Are you familiar with clearing the CMOS(bios)? With power off, open the case... and look on the mother board. There are 3 pins on the mobo, that CMOS silk screened right next to it. There should be 2 pins that have a jumper on them. Just move the jumper over to the un-used pin for a sec and then return it to its normal spot. do you have a spare/extra harddrive that has nothing on it? if so, Turn off and unplug your computer.. swap the extra one out with your old one. Make sure that the jumpers are the same on the back! now plug it all in, the eide cable and power cable, plug in the comp and pop in the xp disk, and see if windows will install on that harddrive. If it does, it sounds like your old hardrive has a bad cluster... you can isolate those bad sectors (in windows)... but imo, just replace it. if it WONT install, you have a problem else where... post up the results [/QB][/QUOTE]
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