Charlie wrote:
> I have OEM xp-pro disk and i have recently changed hard drive and memory in
> my home built computer that was working. I wanted to do a clean install as
> there were many installs/un installs over time. When I insert the cd I get
> the choices and I choose clean install and it formats the drive and starts to
> do the windows install but it never completes and I end with a blue screen.
> I was wondering if this is something to do with the number of installs that
> can be done from the cd. I have had the cd for some time now and have
> successfully repaired or re installed the os over the past few years.
>
> Any help would be great
>

It has nothing to do with how many times you've installed an OS on that
machine. Failure to install an operating system usually is because of
faulty hardware:

1. Bad OS install disk
2. Bad CD/DVD drive
3. Bad RAM
4. Bad hard drive

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware

Whether hardware is new is irrelevant; in fact if hardware is going to
fail it will usually do so quite quickly (sometimes even right out of
the box) or go for years.


Malke
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