Why wont Xp load correctly?

[Jeff Roy]

Hey. Im trying to reload XP onto my brother in laws computer. I bought a new hard drive, and used the CD that came with it to format and partition it.

My problem is that when I go to install XP, it installs all the files it says it needs for set up, then asks me what I want to do. No matter what option I choose, either install XP or repair XP, my computer will just restart. It will do this about 3 times in a row, after that it will come up with a blue screen saying something may be wrong with my bios or cache or something.

Ive gotten a few errors while trying to do this.

1)unknown flash type
2)failure loading operating system
3)TLDR is missing

Any help would be appreaciated, im stumped!

[Pancake]

TLDR is missing

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;314057

[oddjob]

Was the computer working properly before trying to install the new drive, or were there other problems/errors? If it wasn't you could have greater problems other than the hard drive/Windows install problem.

Since this is a clean install, try letting Windows Setup format the drive. Boot to the CD, choose install and the drive where you want to install, and choose to let Windows format the drive to NTFS (and do a full format, rather than quick).

[Jeff Roy]

The computer was giving me the same error with the old hard drive too. I don tknow whats wrong with it. My borther in law sent it over because it was running ****ty, so I was going to install a fresh copy of XP. Now it wont load properly.

[glc]

Sounds like a bad ram stick.

[Jeff Roy]

okay, so i replaced the power supply and the ram today. Also for no reason I replaced the cd rom and floppy drive. Still getting the same error though.

XP goes into setup, loads all the files then either gives me and error or restarts when I make a selection. Im stumped...still.

[glc]

Download diags from the hard drive manufacturer and run them. Make sure that the virus protection in the bios is disabled.