[HLUG] Weird one.....

[Julian Robbins]

Meijin wrote:
> Yup - it shuts down.

See what the bios reports the temp as as soon as you reboot it after it 
bombs out.

It could be overheating . Otherwsie possibly a dodgy PSU? Odd though 
that Linux is ok on here, usually its more exacting on a pc's 
peripherals than Windows I've found.

Julian
>
> I actually have two versions of XP - the original XP disc for the PC 
> and I now have brand new recovery discs from HP.....still no avail...
>
> Cheers
>
> Rob
> Paul Stenning wrote:
>> Try a different CD-ROM drive if you can, or try making a copy of the 
>> Windows CD and installing from that.  I suspect the drive can't read 
>> part of the CD for some reason.
>>
>> When you say "bombs out" does it crash, give an error or just appear 
>> to freeze?  If it's just appearing to freeze, leave it 20 minutes or 
>> so to make sure it really has frozen and isn't just on a go-slow.
>>
>> Paul
>>
>>
>> Meijin wrote:
>>  
>>> I'm still struggling with trying to get Windows XP back on someone's 
>>> laptop (and no they don't want Ubuntu - I've tried !)
>>>
>>> I can quite happily put Ubuntu onto the machine and it will run fine 
>>> and happy.
>>>
>>> However, I cannot get XP back onto it as the install bombs out, 
>>> usually about 25% of the way through (during file copies)
>>>
>>> I've tried a different hard disk just in case Ubuntu was less fussy 
>>> about drive errors than Windows, but to no avail....
>>>
>>> I'm a little stumped to say the least.
>>>
>>> Anyone experienced anything similar and able to offer advice ?
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> Rob
>>>
>>>     
>>
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