Problems with the install of Xp and 2k on a notebok.
Help, I set out to install windows XP on my moms notebok, which by the way is a DeLL Inspiron P2 333 and with 256 ram. When I start the installation the whole computer hangs when the Windows XP installer is in the install phase.
Help, I set out to install windows XP on my moms notebok, which by the way is a DeLL Inspiron P2 333 and with 256 ram. When I start the installation the whole computer hangs when the Windows XP installer is in the install phase... the whole screen just blackout and nothing happens for hours, the same with 2k That really sucks, cause I dont want to install 98 again, I hate that system...
So please if you have any idea plz help me
So please if you have any idea plz help me
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Have any significant changes been made in the bios? If so, try loading the default values, and reinstall. Also, I see that the memory has been upgraded. If loading the bios defaults does not help, maybe you want to pull the upgraded ram out, and then try the install. I have seen flaky ram cause many different problems. Good luck.
No. We are commenting on the fact that it may be BAD ram. Not that it wasn't enough ram.
Use this: http://www.memtest86.com/
Use this: http://www.memtest86.com/
During the install of Win9x and NT, hardware is probed differently. For example, you can load himem.sys during the booting of a 9x system, and have no problems, but when ntldr is loading, it either locks up or blue screens. Hardware is accessed differently thru the nt kernel.
when i loaded xp on a older hp notebook i needed to update the bios.
(i have 256 meg ram)
(i have 256 meg ram)
