Installing xp professional x64 edition 180 day trial software

i've been struggling with trying to get xp professional x64 edition on my 64
bit computer for 4 months now without success.. it goes through copying
files on my new hard drive, restarts and then a light blue screen comes on
that says setup must restart, screen then goes black and then there is hard
drive activity for close to 10 minutes and then nothing. restarting computer
doesnt help, same result with or without setup disc in drive. Please help
I have been searching through websites, and articles for months.
motherboard:msi k8n neo4 processor:amd athlon 64 3200 memory:1 ultra 512mb
ddr400 module Graphics Card:bfg tech GeForce FX 5500 oc pci card with
onboard 256 mb ddr

Colin
Fri Dec 29 00:40:13 CST 2006

If you are using a SATA hard disk drive, are you installing the hard drive
controller driver using the F6 key at the beginning of the file copying? I
have to that with my MSI board.

"20th Bomb Squadron" <20th Bomb Squadron@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:80397EEF-D90C-4391-ABB1-C0813BAC2389@microsoft.com...
> i've been struggling with trying to get xp professional x64 edition on my
> 64
> bit computer for 4 months now without success.. it goes through copying
> files on my new hard drive, restarts and then a light blue screen comes on
> that says setup must restart, screen then goes black and then there is
> hard
> drive activity for close to 10 minutes and then nothing. restarting
> computer
> doesnt help, same result with or without setup disc in drive. Please
> help
> I have been searching through websites, and articles for months.
> motherboard:msi k8n neo4 processor:amd athlon 64 3200 memory:1 ultra
> 512mb
> ddr400 module Graphics Card:bfg tech GeForce FX 5500 oc pci card with
> onboard 256 mb ddr
>
>

20thBombSquadron
Fri Dec 29 01:36:00 CST 2006

> i've been struggling with trying to get xp professional x64 edition on my 64
> bit computer for 4 months now without success.. it goes through copying
> files on my new hard drive, restarts and then a light blue screen comes on
> that says setup must restart, screen then goes black and then there is hard
> drive activity for close to 10 minutes and then nothing. restarting computer
> doesnt help, same result with or without setup disc in drive. Please help
> I have been searching through websites, and articles for months.
> motherboard:msi k8n neo4 processor:amd athlon 64 3200 memory:1 ultra 512mb ddr400 module Graphics Card:bfg tech GeForce FX 5500 oc pci card with
> onboard 256 mb ddr I only have 1 IDE as master and with no other hard drives installed. The board does have SATA connections which are disabled in bios. no other hardware is installed on board (modem, network card, sound card) This is a clean install booting from the disc
>
>

Theo
Fri Dec 29 05:19:00 CST 2006

If you really want some assistance, then please answer
questions when asked as Colin did below.

If you can't take the time to answer questions, then don't
bother posting at all.


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: Installing xp professional x64 edition 180 day
trial software
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 23:40:13 -0700
From: Colin Barnhorst <colinbarharst@msn.com>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general
References: <80397EEF-D90C-4391-ABB1-C0813BAC2389@microsoft.com>

If you are using a SATA hard disk drive, are you installing
the hard drive
controller driver using the F6 key at the beginning of the
file copying? I
have to that with my MSI board.


20th Bomb Squadron wrote:
>> i've been struggling with trying to get xp professional x64 edition on my 64
>> bit computer for 4 months now without success.. it goes through copying
>> files on my new hard drive, restarts and then a light blue screen comes on
>> that says setup must restart, screen then goes black and then there is hard
>> drive activity for close to 10 minutes and then nothing. restarting computer
>> doesnt help, same result with or without setup disc in drive. Please help
>> I have been searching through websites, and articles for months.
>> motherboard:msi k8n neo4 processor:amd athlon 64 3200 memory:1 ultra 512mb ddr400 module Graphics Card:bfg tech GeForce FX 5500 oc pci card with
>> onboard 256 mb ddr I only have 1 IDE as master and with no other hard drives installed. The board does have SATA connections which are disabled in bios. no other hardware is installed on board (modem, network card, sound card) This is a clean install booting from the disc
>>
>>

HDFatBoy2003
Fri Dec 29 08:34:22 CST 2006

Theo - not easy to see but he did reply to Colin:

"I only have 1 IDE as master and with no other hard drives installed. The
board does have SATA connections which are disabled in bios. no other
hardware is installed on board (modem, network card, sound card) This is a
clean install booting from the disc "

Unfortunately, I'm not in a position to help him - hopefully someone else
can.


"Theo" <tvf@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:exmRoszKHHA.3424@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> If you really want some assistance, then please answer questions when
> asked as Colin did below.
>
> If you can't take the time to answer questions, then don't bother posting
> at all.
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: Installing xp professional x64 edition 180 day trial software
> Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 23:40:13 -0700
> From: Colin Barnhorst <colinbarharst@msn.com>
> Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general
> References: <80397EEF-D90C-4391-ABB1-C0813BAC2389@microsoft.com>
>
> If you are using a SATA hard disk drive, are you installing the hard drive
> controller driver using the F6 key at the beginning of the file copying?
> I
> have to that with my MSI board.
>
>
> 20th Bomb Squadron wrote:
>>> i've been struggling with trying to get xp professional x64 edition on
>>> my 64 bit computer for 4 months now without success.. it goes through
>>> copying files on my new hard drive, restarts and then a light blue
>>> screen comes on that says setup must restart, screen then goes black and
>>> then there is hard drive activity for close to 10 minutes and then
>>> nothing. restarting computer doesnt help, same result with or without
>>> setup disc in drive. Please help I have been searching through
>>> websites, and articles for months. motherboard:msi k8n neo4
>>> processor:amd athlon 64 3200 memory:1 ultra 512mb ddr400 module
>>> Graphics Card:bfg tech GeForce FX 5500 oc pci card with onboard 256 mb
>>> ddr I only have 1 IDE as master and with no other hard drives
>>> installed. The board does have SATA connections which are disabled in
>>> bios. no other hardware is installed on board (modem, network card,
>>> sound card) This is a clean install booting from the disc
>>>

John
Fri Dec 29 09:11:16 CST 2006

Make sure your BIOS shows your CD first and the HD second in priority. When
the system does the first and only automatic restart (according to what you
say) remove the CD before it restarts. Let us know what error message you
get.

"20th Bomb Squadron" <20thBombSquadron@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:C7EC4FAB-5966-4309-AE54-7ED8AC094749@microsoft.com...
>> i've been struggling with trying to get xp professional x64 edition on my
>> 64
>> bit computer for 4 months now without success.. it goes through copying
>> files on my new hard drive, restarts and then a light blue screen comes
>> on
>> that says setup must restart, screen then goes black and then there is
>> hard
>> drive activity for close to 10 minutes and then nothing. restarting
>> computer
>> doesnt help, same result with or without setup disc in drive. Please
>> help
>> I have been searching through websites, and articles for months.
>> motherboard:msi k8n neo4 processor:amd athlon 64 3200 memory:1 ultra
>> 512mb ddr400 module Graphics Card:bfg tech GeForce FX 5500 oc pci card
>> with
>> onboard 256 mb ddr I only have 1 IDE as master and with no other hard
>> drives installed. The board does have SATA connections which are
>> disabled in bios. no other hardware is installed on board (modem,
>> network card, sound card) This is a clean install booting from the disc
>>
>>

John
Fri Dec 29 14:15:41 CST 2006

You have 1 IDE HD. When you begin to install, have you deleted the
partition, created a new primary partition and have you done a full or quick
format, where you are directing the installation? Your light blue screen is
after you have had the first reboot, right? This screen is the first screen
immediately after you begin what you call the continue (GUI) part of the
install. You have gone thru the POST process on the reboot. How
comfortable are you with using the Recovery Console, to see what you have on
the drive after the first stage of the install? You could start with a map
command at the prompt and see what is there. It would also be informative if
you are offered more than one system to do your command prompts from. After
the copies, I think you should be offered two, the Windows on the CD and one
on the HD.


"20th Bomb Squadron" <20thBombSquadron@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:53E9EEEF-0F75-4711-9A3F-97E1572EE8AF@microsoft.com...
> according to microsoft there are three stages in the installation process.
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/winxp/install.mspx
> begin.
> continue and then complete the installation. I am only able to do part 1
> it
> doesnt matter if the disc is installed when it restarts or not. as stated
> earlier, light blue screen says setup is restarting then black screen,
> about
> 10 min. of drive activity and then nothing. as far as i know my hardware
> is
> xp compatable. please excuse me on my last entries but thanx for the
> reprimand..
> "John Barnes" wrote:
>
>> Make sure your BIOS shows your CD first and the HD second in priority.
>> When
>> the system does the first and only automatic restart (according to what
>> you
>> say) remove the CD before it restarts. Let us know what error message
>> you
>> get.
>>
>> "20th Bomb Squadron" <20thBombSquadron@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>> in
>> message news:C7EC4FAB-5966-4309-AE54-7ED8AC094749@microsoft.com...
>> >> i've been struggling with trying to get xp professional x64 edition on
>> >> my
>> >> 64
>> >> bit computer for 4 months now without success.. it goes through
>> >> copying
>> >> files on my new hard drive, restarts and then a light blue screen
>> >> comes
>> >> on
>> >> that says setup must restart, screen then goes black and then there is
>> >> hard
>> >> drive activity for close to 10 minutes and then nothing. restarting
>> >> computer
>> >> doesnt help, same result with or without setup disc in drive. Please
>> >> help
>> >> I have been searching through websites, and articles for months.
>> >> motherboard:msi k8n neo4 processor:amd athlon 64 3200 memory:1 ultra
>> >> 512mb ddr400 module Graphics Card:bfg tech GeForce FX 5500 oc pci
>> >> card
>> >> with
>> >> onboard 256 mb ddr I only have 1 IDE as master and with no other hard
>> >> drives installed. The board does have SATA connections which are
>> >> disabled in bios. no other hardware is installed on board (modem,
>> >> network card, sound card) This is a clean install booting from the
>> >> disc
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>

Tony
Fri Dec 29 20:59:32 CST 2006

The disk activity could be a memory dump from the installer - you could try
and have a look from Recovery Console if there are any files in the Root
Directory of that disk with strange names.

On some Motherboards and BIOS'es the Installer is particular about the order
of how it finds things, it sounds as though it is looking for something and
gives up? John mentioned the Boot-Order, but your BIOS probably has a
separate IDE item somewhere - it may be important to have the HD listed as
the 'first' IDE drive - and like John said the CD as the 'first' bootable
drive under the Boot options.

This issue is strange, I assume your HD is an ordinary internal drive
connected by way of an ordinary IDE flat-cable, partitioned by the Installer
and formated as NTFS?


Tony. . .

John
Sat Dec 30 11:00:18 CST 2006

After going thru the install as far as possible, with a freshly created and
formatted drive, boot into recovery console, the R at the first option page
and see how many systems it gives you a choice to log into and what the
drive letters are. logon on to one and at the prompt type map Note
what you get back. Then see if you can do a dir command for the hard
drive you installed on. you can do a dir /? to get the format and see if
you have a Windows folder and an ntldr and ntdetect.com and boot.ini files.
If so, this indicates that Windows copied correctly, and when it is booting
into GUI, one main difference is the video card and driver. The fact that
the hard drive continues for so long, I am guessing that most of the install
processes are going on until one of the screens that requires input, at
which point it stops. If that is the situation, can you swap in another
video card and see if something is wrong with yours?

"Tony Sperling" <tony.sperling@dbREMOVEmail.dk> wrote in message
news:unXib67KHHA.4928@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> The disk activity could be a memory dump from the installer - you could
> try
> and have a look from Recovery Console if there are any files in the Root
> Directory of that disk with strange names.
>
> On some Motherboards and BIOS'es the Installer is particular about the
> order
> of how it finds things, it sounds as though it is looking for something
> and
> gives up? John mentioned the Boot-Order, but your BIOS probably has a
> separate IDE item somewhere - it may be important to have the HD listed as
> the 'first' IDE drive - and like John said the CD as the 'first' bootable
> drive under the Boot options.
>
> This issue is strange, I assume your HD is an ordinary internal drive
> connected by way of an ordinary IDE flat-cable, partitioned by the
> Installer
> and formated as NTFS?
>
>
> Tony. . .
>
>

20thBombSquadron
Mon Jan 01 18:22:00 CST 2007

well, its finally working!! yeehaa. now if i can only find all these
special drivers i can actually use it.. i replaced the video adapter with a
super cheapo pci card i had from years ago and it completed the install but
black screened when it restarted again. i then reinstalled my bfg 5500 video
adapter back in and it works fine. go figure.. strange..

"John Barnes" wrote:

> After going thru the install as far as possible, with a freshly created and
> formatted drive, boot into recovery console, the R at the first option page
> and see how many systems it gives you a choice to log into and what the
> drive letters are. logon on to one and at the prompt type map Note
> what you get back. Then see if you can do a dir command for the hard
> drive you installed on. you can do a dir /? to get the format and see if
> you have a Windows folder and an ntldr and ntdetect.com and boot.ini files.
> If so, this indicates that Windows copied correctly, and when it is booting
> into GUI, one main difference is the video card and driver. The fact that
> the hard drive continues for so long, I am guessing that most of the install
> processes are going on until one of the screens that requires input, at
> which point it stops. If that is the situation, can you swap in another
> video card and see if something is wrong with yours?
>
> "Tony Sperling" <tony.sperling@dbREMOVEmail.dk> wrote in message
> news:unXib67KHHA.4928@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> > The disk activity could be a memory dump from the installer - you could
> > try
> > and have a look from Recovery Console if there are any files in the Root
> > Directory of that disk with strange names.
> >
> > On some Motherboards and BIOS'es the Installer is particular about the
> > order
> > of how it finds things, it sounds as though it is looking for something
> > and
> > gives up? John mentioned the Boot-Order, but your BIOS probably has a
> > separate IDE item somewhere - it may be important to have the HD listed as
> > the 'first' IDE drive - and like John said the CD as the 'first' bootable
> > drive under the Boot options.
> >
> > This issue is strange, I assume your HD is an ordinary internal drive
> > connected by way of an ordinary IDE flat-cable, partitioned by the
> > Installer
> > and formated as NTFS?
> >
> >
> > Tony. . .
> >
> >
>
>

Dennis
Mon Jan 01 18:46:58 CST 2007

20th Bomb Squadron:
That problem brings back memories of the original XP 32-bit disks. I
still have an 8mb PCI video card in the drawer that I had to use on some
computers to install XP. I never found the cause but after XPsp1 was
released the problem didn't occur anymore. I haven't had the problem with
x64 or Vista yet. I must be something between the motherboard and video
card, but that's just a guess since it didn't always happen.
http://www.planetamd64.com/ is a good source for drivers that may not be
listed on the manufacturers sites. You have to register but it's free and
they don't give out your data.

--
Dennis Pack
Vista x64 Enterprise
Office 2007
"20th Bomb Squadron" <20thBombSquadron@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:FD6CA0FA-7073-4B3B-A1AC-8ED13F04AF69@microsoft.com...
> well, its finally working!! yeehaa. now if i can only find all these
> special drivers i can actually use it.. i replaced the video adapter
> with a
> super cheapo pci card i had from years ago and it completed the install
> but
> black screened when it restarted again. i then reinstalled my bfg 5500
> video
> adapter back in and it works fine. go figure.. strange..
>
> "John Barnes" wrote:
>
>> After going thru the install as far as possible, with a freshly created
>> and
>> formatted drive, boot into recovery console, the R at the first option
>> page
>> and see how many systems it gives you a choice to log into and what the
>> drive letters are. logon on to one and at the prompt type map
>> Note
>> what you get back. Then see if you can do a dir command for the
>> hard
>> drive you installed on. you can do a dir /? to get the format and see
>> if
>> you have a Windows folder and an ntldr and ntdetect.com and boot.ini
>> files.
>> If so, this indicates that Windows copied correctly, and when it is
>> booting
>> into GUI, one main difference is the video card and driver. The fact
>> that
>> the hard drive continues for so long, I am guessing that most of the
>> install
>> processes are going on until one of the screens that requires input, at
>> which point it stops. If that is the situation, can you swap in another
>> video card and see if something is wrong with yours?
>>
>> "Tony Sperling" <tony.sperling@dbREMOVEmail.dk> wrote in message
>> news:unXib67KHHA.4928@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> > The disk activity could be a memory dump from the installer - you could
>> > try
>> > and have a look from Recovery Console if there are any files in the
>> > Root
>> > Directory of that disk with strange names.
>> >
>> > On some Motherboards and BIOS'es the Installer is particular about the
>> > order
>> > of how it finds things, it sounds as though it is looking for something
>> > and
>> > gives up? John mentioned the Boot-Order, but your BIOS probably has a
>> > separate IDE item somewhere - it may be important to have the HD listed
>> > as
>> > the 'first' IDE drive - and like John said the CD as the 'first'
>> > bootable
>> > drive under the Boot options.
>> >
>> > This issue is strange, I assume your HD is an ordinary internal drive
>> > connected by way of an ordinary IDE flat-cable, partitioned by the
>> > Installer
>> > and formated as NTFS?
>> >
>> >
>> > Tony. . .
>> >
>> >
>>
>>