installxp on new harddrive

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hello I have an old gateway pentiumIII 40gb that had widows me on it. i up
graded it to xp pro about ago. well last week it stop so I bought a new
harddrive 320gb WD. I took out the old put in the new put xp pro cd in .It
formatted did set up. doesn't start . it just runs though same set up
again.any help would be great.
Thank You MikeD
 
Miked said:
I have an old gateway pentium III 40gb that had widows me on
it. i up graded it to xp pro about ago. well last week it stop so I
bought a new harddrive 320gb WD. I took out the old put in the new
put xp pro cd in .It formatted did set up. doesn't start . it just
runs though same set up again.any help would be great.
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"about ago"? *grin*

Is your copy of Windows XP Professional a full retail copy or an upgrade
version?
What service pack level is it?

Guessing you did a clean installation - did you follow something similar to
the following?
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html#steps`

After the install - can you even start in Safe Mode? Can you describe what
*does* happen when booting?

(You aren't pressing any key everytime, are you?)
 
Miked said:
hello I have an old gateway pentiumIII 40gb that had widows me on it. i up
graded it to xp pro about ago. well last week it stop so I bought a new
harddrive 320gb WD. I took out the old put in the new put xp pro cd in .It
formatted did set up. doesn't start . it just runs though same set up
again.any help would be great.
Thank You MikeD
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The huge difference in the size of the drives makes me ask: what size
drive does your BIOS see? The full 320 gigs?
 
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