Old tower not booting up. Error message recognition?

[johnb35]

Yes, cancel installation and use power2go to burn the iso image and then boot to the cd.

 

[bmigga]

Okay, burning the ISO now.

Just thought of something..

I burnt the ISO of XP to a standard Sony 700MB CD-R.

Is 700MB big enough for all of the files that XP requires? Just a thought..

 

[johnb35]

Yep, sure is. Unless you have slipstreamed drivers and stuff into it. I believe my slipstreamed XP disk is less then 600mb. I think. lol

 

[bmigga]

Okay, i'm running the Memtest as we speak. I'll keep you updated.

 

[bmigga]

Mem test passed with no errors, now it's 97% through wit the CPU test with no errors. Should I let it run through? Or cancel it?

 

[johnb35]

cancel it. Then you must have a bad install cd.

 

[bmigga]

cancel it. Then you must have a bad install cd.

So what now?? Burn another CD? Or should I just buy one?

 

[johnb35]

Where did you get the iso from?

 

[bmigga]

Thepiratebay. It was a torrent file.

 

[cabinfever1977]

burn the cd again but you must use a program that will burn at 4x or you will have errors

 

[bmigga]

burn the cd again but you must use a program that will burn at 4x or you will have errors

Okay, I used power2go which the slowest option was 10%.

I'll try burning it with ImgBurn using the link you provided earlier. Does this program have a 4% option write speed?

 

[cabinfever1977]

im not sure which one to use,there are many available for free online,but makesure there s a 4x option before burning

 

[johnb35]

I'm sorry, but we can't help you since this is a torrented copy. You will need to purchase a genuine microsoft XP install cd either through ebay or online retailer if you can still find one that carries them.