Infinite Restarting/new XP install issues

[contemptor]

I just installed XP tonight on my new hard drive (running dual hard drives now, actually both still have xp, but I am going to format the old one). I first had to combat adware, I have no idea how I got it. When I ran adaware it would give an error, and say some kind of error, and the pc will restart in 60 seconds. Using hijack this and disabling start programs I ended up running adaware, and deleting some stuff with spy bot or w/e it is called. I still have bargain buddy which I can't get rid of, spy bot just exits after 10 seconds or so of trying to delete it.

I went ahead and installed other windows updates and sp2. I put in one of my cds I had used before that had drivers and stuff on it (came with my Syntax 400 something motherboard), but I got a windows 16 bit subsystem error, saying it wasn't suitable for being run in windows. It worked fine the first time. I found a sound driver (I have none currently) on win update, and started downloading it. Almost immediately my pc restarted. Now, every time my pc comes on I restart. Give it a few seconds once it louds, and it restarts. I have no idea why, it was working fine before. My temperature was at an even 39 C, which is normal.

Any help would be GREAT! I am about to go crazy.

[glc]

the pc will restart in 60 seconds.

That's not adware, that's a worm. You made a BIG mistake installing SP2 on a system that was not squeaky clean. I'd start fresh, and the FIRST thing to do after install is install SP2 BEFORE connecting the Ethernet cable if you don't have a slipstreamed CD. Do not connect to the Internet till you are patched.

[contemptor]

How do I download sp2 to burn it then? I only know how to get it from windows update.

[glc]

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en