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XP pro setup problems

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by gdb1003

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Been triing to setup XP pro. IT goes through all the motions. loading files, accepting the EULA, formatting NTFS, the partioning,loading files, then the automatic restart. When it restarts, however, it starts the whole process over again. this computer is a HP Pavilion 553X. I've been able to load the OS from another computer to the HD and it works fine. Thinking the HP is toast.

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by thechas

It sounds like after the first phase of installing XP that your system is boot back up from the XP CD and not the hard drive.

Either set the hard drive as the first boot device, or when the installer starts the reboot, remove the XP CD from the drive.

Chas

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