We have a windows milliniunm and are trying to install xp, every time we insert the disk the computer freeezes

Question

What can we do to stop the freezing

Answer 1

try to use a bootable disc,, a cd or a floppy,,, start the computer with the help of it,,
then if u dont mind formating, go for it,, or else,, use a bootable xp cd,, but i dont think xp can start its installation in dos mode,,,
but the best thing to do is,,,,
insert the xp cd,, and try to upgrade ur present millinum

Answer 2

Use xp disk as you would to do a normal install at the instalation screen pick repair windows leave file system as it is this will re install windows but leave your files as they are on the computer
all that will not be available are any updates that you installed due to your windows being back to its original install DONOT pick the change file system or your drive will be auto formatted that is a clean install that destoys all on the hard drive you will still need your serial number to re install If the computer still freezes boot into normal windows put the xp disk in the drive open explorer open xp disk click set up exe then install windows will start install procedure pick the upgrade if you want to prserve file or clean install if not this is the full install options

Answer 3

Try cleaning the cd and blowing in the cdrom drive (with the tray open) to get the lazer clean. Chances are if you have a computer that old the drive needs cleaned... XP also requires at least a 500 mhz processor and 128 megs of ram, just to run like crap... Also, if you're trying to instal XP to make the system stop crashing in the first place, you may want to take the side pannel off the tower and make sure that the CPU fan/heatsink arent full of dust. If they are, i would suggest using the hose attachment of your vaccum cleaner to remove the dust and unscrewing the cpu fan from the heatsink when doing so. Also try to vaccum off the power supply's vents and make sure that the fan in it is working.

Answer 4

When you boot up the computer have the xp cd in the CD drive and it should give you the option to boot from the xp install cd. If not then go into bios and change the drive boot order to boot from the cd. This should allow you to install XP without having the computer freeze while in windows.

Answer 5

Here is a check list before you consider to Reinstall Windows XP on your PC

1) You should back up all important information from your computer to a cd/dvd
2)You sould be in possession of a genuine copy of windows software
(it makes life easier when you are online)
3) You should possess one good commercial antivirus software of your choice.( I don't mind if you opt to use one of the free offerings, It is your choice)
4) You should possess cd/dvd of any other programs that you frequently intend to use on your pc

You should start formatting and reinstallation when your are ready with the above prerequisites

Installation procedure.

Boot your computer from your cd drive

Insert the winxp cd in your cd drive and reboot your computer from the cd. The cd starts the installation procedure. If it doesn't boot from the cd , then press F2 during boot process to enter the bios settings, and change the boot order so that your computer boots from your cd first.


On the installation screen It asks if you want to upgrade or to do a new install.
Select new install. (this applies to fresh or new installation, For those who want to upgrade from previous versions of Windows to a newer version can choose to "Upgrade", it will keep all the data and installed programs on the computer safe, and convert the previous version to the newer version)

Partitioning Hard Disk


You will eventually reach to a window where it will ask to choose the partition where you want to install windows.

At this time read the options , which keys you have to press to do what etc. carefully.

First of all select every partition that you see in the box, and delete it.

When you delete all the partitions you will get one single unformatted space.

Now it is the turn to create a new partition in the unpartitioned space.
Create partitions of your liking.

When all unpartitioned space has been converted to partitions, select the uppermost c drive, or c partition to install windows on.

The computer will format the drive. It will ask what type of format you want NTFS/ FAT32.

For winXP NTFS is better, unless you have special resaons to convert in FAT32.

That's all ,

Proceeding with installation

There will be many screens where you have to click on to proceed.Keep reading what comes on the screen and make your choices. And your computer will reboot a few times during the course of installation and will eventually be Finished.

Answer 6

To get it to boot from cd you may desire to bypass into the bios press f2 or delete once you activate and it is going to boost the bios, then decrease than the boot tab or maybe the stepped forward tab reckoning on your bios replace it to cd for the 1st boot gadget, go out and save usually f10 and with the cd interior the force it is going to boot to cd. with the help of how isn't vista on a dvd wherein case your force desires to be a dvd force

Answer 7

Are you trying to install on boot-up?
If so you might want to try entering the bios and changing it so it boots from cd rom before hard drive, unless that is done already.

If you are trying to install under ME, I would suggest closing all background tasks with CTRL, ALT, DEL, and trying again.

Otherwise you may want to try booting to safe mode and see if you are able to install there. Holding F8 on startup will probably help do that.

Answer 8

What kind of XP, do you have? 2000? 2001? 2002? or 2003?
or 2005?
If you have an XP 2000, it might be windows 98!

Answer 9

Does the computer meet the minimum system requirements? try booting up the system with the disk in, and it will ask to boot from disk

Answer 10

how much memory you have? and how big is your hard drive, some old computers are not computable to XP. specially if your computer been a windows 98 b4 windows millennium