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I installed winXP home edition) upgrade fro win98 on comapq presiario 7478. It worked well for some time.

I am trying tto reinsatll ( it got virus that makes CPU 100% busy when I browse some websites in Intetenr explorer)

It starts reading files from the CD (winXP home edtion original upgrader), after 60% of copying of files it restart s rebootinng again

This action is in a ever ever loop

Any solutions greatly apprecaited
 
Did you first try to remove the virus. If not, your best bet is to start
over with a clean install as it's likely that whatever the source of the
issue is also blocking the reinstall of XP.
 
Are you trying to run the install by booting off the CD or are you booting
to Windows first and then trying to run the install from there? If so you
might still be affected by the virus and you should go for a clean install
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm

However if you are booting off the CD and installing it is likely that you
are running into a hardware problem. If the install will not copy files to
the hard drive it could be due to flaky RAM which is a leading cause of
trouble with installs. Or the problem could be related to a faulty power
supply.
 
If it's an over the top install, Harry, I think the virus could still be the
issue though I certainly wouldn't rule out some hardware issue either.

--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/

Harry Ohrn said:
Are you trying to run the install by booting off the CD or are you booting
to Windows first and then trying to run the install from there? If so you
might still be affected by the virus and you should go for a clean install
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm

However if you are booting off the CD and installing it is likely that you
are running into a hardware problem. If the install will not copy files to
the hard drive it could be due to flaky RAM which is a leading cause of
trouble with installs. Or the problem could be related to a faulty power
supply.

--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


babual_mia said:
I installed winXP home edition) upgrade fro win98 on comapq presiario
7478. It worked well for some time.

I am trying tto reinsatll ( it got virus that makes CPU 100% busy when I
browse some websites in Intetenr explorer).

It starts reading files from the CD (winXP home edtion original
upgrader), after 60% of copying of files it restart s rebootinng again.

This action is in a ever ever loop.

Any solutions greatly apprecaited
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Possibly Michael but what I'm reading in the post is that the install gets
stuck at the "Copying files" phase. If the install is being run from a
Desktop installation then yes perhaps it is the virus kicking in after all
Windows is running and the virus could be active. But if the problem is
happening while trying to install from the booted CD then it is unlikely to
be related to the virus at that point given Windows hasn't loaded yet. But I
suppose a boot sector virus could be the cause.


--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


Michael Solomon (MS-MVP Windows Shell/User) said:
If it's an over the top install, Harry, I think the virus could still be
the issue though I certainly wouldn't rule out some hardware issue either.

--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/

Harry Ohrn said:
Are you trying to run the install by booting off the CD or are you
booting to Windows first and then trying to run the install from there?
If so you might still be affected by the virus and you should go for a
clean install http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm

However if you are booting off the CD and installing it is likely that
you are running into a hardware problem. If the install will not copy
files to the hard drive it could be due to flaky RAM which is a leading
cause of trouble with installs. Or the problem could be related to a
faulty power supply.

--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


babual_mia said:
I installed winXP home edition) upgrade fro win98 on comapq presiario
7478. It worked well for some time.

I am trying tto reinsatll ( it got virus that makes CPU 100% busy when I
browse some websites in Intetenr explorer).

It starts reading files from the CD (winXP home edtion original
upgrader), after 60% of copying of files it restart s rebootinng again.

This action is in a ever ever loop.

Any solutions greatly apprecaited
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