I recently had my chum build me a new puter. It's been sat under my desk for a few months so I decided to fire it up.
It started up OK in Win 2000 (as that's what it was and I'm using the same hard drive) but it got to the point where it would keep telling me a fatal error had occurred and that I had to insert mt start-up disk. I didn't have a start-up disk so I shoved a new, freshly opened, £139.99 XP Pro disk and assumed it would sweep up the old 2000 stuff and put it in the bin.
What it has done is start to install XP and then declares a host of fatal errors!! It then hangs-up and won't do anything. How do I install the XP Pro or get back to the 2000?
What the flip do I do???

[Edited on 21/2/08 by owelly]

tried hitting it? I like that approach

I've tried scowling and growling a bit.....

no violence is the only thing they understand, RELEASE YOUR FURY!!!!AAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!

format C the drive then try your new Xp.

If you are still getting these messages after formatting the C: drive then I would suspect a hardware fault

How do I format the C drive? As soon as I switch the puter on, it goes into the XP installation thing and then gives me the error gubbins!!

yeah that's the first thing I thought.

oh how about a big magnet?!

yeah this more like it

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/7206

[Edited on 21/2/08 by Mr Whippy]

Have you tried puting the XP disk in the drive and re-booting the machine, if it's set to boot of the CD is should start the XP installation process, somewhere in that it will ask if you want to upgrade or install fresh copy, choose fresh copy.

If it doesn't boot from the CD, then you will need to go into your BIOS and change the boot order to allow it to boot from the CD (some machine have the option of press F12 or F10 at boot to choose boot device, but not all do)

Hope that help

Scott

Have you tried ringing your mate?

Boot on the XP CD and when it get to the part about partitions, delete all existing partitions and let the CD do the rest.

The error is either that the XP pro disk tried to upgraded the broken 2000 system or you may have a memory fault, usually gives this type of odd random error

Cheers folks. I'll dismantle this set-up and try to reboot the other PC (I only have one Monitor, keyboard and mouse and the KVM swith won't work until the other puter is palying!!).

Sounds very much like the hard disk or memory is kicking the bucket. Hard disks only have a finite life.
Other possible causes include cooling fan failure.

Only way to tell how the hard disk is is do an exhaustive surface test the HD.

Worry not my friends!! I'm here on the new puter!!
It's taken me all night to get everything up and runningbut it a goer!!
Thanks for the help folks.

Fekin puters!!!
I can use the Camcorder as a web cam. I can play the Camcorder through the PC but there is no sound and it won't let me save anything onto the HD. Any ideas folks?? I've tried uninstalling the Ieee 1394 thingy and rebooting but it makes no difference.