Recent content by turkeygibs

ok, here's the update, and no i still don't have a functioning computer to call my own. I reformatted my hard drive using a friend's pc. Then i put it back in my computer and tried to install windows. This time it got farther, gave me some hope. Unfortunately, it freezes as soon as it shows a...

I came across a new bootable version of xp pro (not a recovery disk,) this one also freezes at various places. What I mean by that is it will occasionally freeze at "searching for previous installations of windows" other times i get to the "please wait..." and then it stops. Either way, the...

its from ibuypower, so its a bit of a hodgepodge. I am going to try to acquire an actual xp disk before i make any more comments, to see if that makes a difference. Thank you all so much for your suggestions, i'll keep you posted.

the cd i am using is not slipstreamed. It is a windows xp home edition recovery cd that came with my computer. The problem is, on the occasion that i push R to enter recovery mode my computer freezes immediately. one time it made it to the next screen and then froze. It also usually freezes if...

thanks for taking time out to read my post. I do have an xp disk, but like i said, it freezes whether i try to choose recovery or press enter to reformat.

Ello ello, I'm to a breaking point with my computer and I need to reformat, but it just wont work. Thinking i was being extra smart, I slipstreamed service pack 2 into a folder with files from my windows xp disk. Less educated on the topic than I am now, I decided that I would just try to see...