I installing windows on my newly assembled desktop. it keeps on coming back to set-up windows..please help..?

Question

i remove the cd after the second boot.. it saids DISC FAILURE INSERT SYSTEM DISK. i set the cmos to 1st boot hard drive but the error still thesame..

Answer 1

A wild guess, is this a Pirate edition?

Because if it was geniuine, you'd be yelling at the computer provider and not asking the question here.

My sincere advise to you is don't install pirate editions. You'll end up paying for much more than what you've saved, in terms of pain and suffering.

If you realy want to save on this, please download and use the right version of Ubuntu Linux OS for your system. It's free and legal!

You can get it at the link given below.

Linux is a better proposition for you.

Chhers.

Answer 2

First, the obvious…make sure you are allowing the installation files to install completely before attempting to reboot to the HDD and most importantly, make sure you are partitioning your hdd correctly and if using more than one hdd, make sure your jumper settings are correct and all cables are attached correctly.

Second, assuming you are partitioning/formatting the hard drive yourself, which it sounds like you might be since you built the pc yourself, it sounds like you are possibly creating an incorrect partition type. Make sure you are creating a PRIMARY partition, or, if more than one partition exists on your HDD, ensure that you are installing windows on the Primary Partition (a.k.a. startup partition) and not a secondary partition. However, this may or may not be the cause of your problem, because even if you installed the OS on a secondary partition, at reboot, I'd think you would be prompted to select a partition to bootup to (but don't quote me). The only positive way to be sure your partition or format isn't the cause of the problem is to completely repartition and reformat the hdd using either Fdisk or startup disk or some other similar utility and create only one partition to eliminate any confusion and mixups. Here's some links that can help you use fdisk…
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/255867/
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=313348
http://www.fdisk.com/fdisk/
After you correctly partition your hdd, you can then format your hdd manually or run the windows disk and have your hdd formatted for you. If choosing the latter, try to go with the recommended format option.

Having said all that, I'm not entirely conviced that your problem lies within your partition methods though partly because your subject line and description explain two different problems. It's not clear to me whether you are saying that, at reboot, your system starts to install windows all over again or that all you get is the error message "disk failure insert system disk". If your system keeps trying to reinstall windows after rebooting, it could either be a hardware problem, jumper setting problem or even a partition problem. If it's just the disk failure error, then it's probably your hdd jumper settings assuming your using multiple hdd's or it could quite possibly be your partitions.

Other notes:
Make sure the HDD you're attempting to use is functioning properly.

Even a priated copy would install correctly unless you're using an installation disk where all the files were pieced together or the files on the disk are corrupt. Try using a different XP installation disk, only make sure you have a valid cdkey for it or at least change the key code to a valid one once you've successfully installed windows. (or you won't be able to update your OS to SP2, you'll have to enable automatic updates, which could take forever for all the updates to install and might not include all drivers for your machine.)

If you have more than one HDD on your system, make sure your jumper pins are set correctly…make sure the hdd you are attempting to boot to is the master/primary, not the slave/secondary. Most hdd's will have a small illustration on the label to show you how & where to place the jumper pins in order to set it to either master or slave. Very important!!!

Check your motherboard manual to make sure your new hdd is supported by the BIOS on your motherboard

Answer 3

After the initial install and it restarts the computer ur not suposed to boot to cd again just leave it in and let the pc boot into "Windows".
-Doesnt mater if its pirated or not they both work.

Answer 4

Do you have multiple Harddrives that it's trying to set up on each?

Answer 5

re-format the system again.