XP freezes during installation

[girltech]

I'll try to be brief:
About a year and a half ago, I built a PC, and it was working beautifully until a few months ago when I moved. Since then, it's been giving me problems: wouldn't boot because the network card was loose, wasn't recognizing all the memory, etc. They all seemed to be related to moving the PC and I was able to fix them all. The latest problem has me stumped, though. When I turned it on, it said that the Windows config file was missing or damaged. So I tried to run the repair program on my XP install disk. It kept freezing up. So I tried a fresh install of XP. It kept freezing up. So I installed a brand new hard drive. The XP installation froze up at the same spot. I've checked all the cable connections over and over and tried doing the installation with only the CD-ROM, memory sticks, and video card installed. It still freezes. Is my motherboard bad? Is the memory bad? This thing is driving me nuts.
System specs are: 1.1G Athlon proc, 80 GB hard drive, 512 MB RAM.

[trulad]

Did you try with just one of your memory sticks to rule out a bad stick? XP is pickey about ram. Is it the brand/type recommended by the Motherboard mfgr.? Did you allow XP to format the new hard drive. Give us more information and I'm certain one of the knowlegeble people here will help you. By the way, welcome to the forum. You will like it here.
trulad

[xbenjix72]

could be the cd. make sure its COMPLETLY CLEANED OFF. i had a similar prob with a windows 200 installation on a comp i was building a week ago. check the back of the cd for sctraches etc.

[girltech]

I'm sure I will like it. I've been searching the forums, etc. for awhile, but never got around to joining.

XP did format the new drive. It froze up shortly after the formatting was complete. I had tried the install with only one stick of RAM when the old HD was installed. I doubt I have the brand of memory recommended by the MB manufacturer. I'll look in to that.