ok, so heres the script, randomly my computer decided it wouldnt start up. it would ask if i wanted to run in safe mode, i tried, aswell as all other options, and it would just restart and come up with these options again. this went on for days, nothin would work. so i have 2 hard drives, and i removed the offending one. i then tried to install windows onto the remaining one, thie first time i went to do this all was goin well untill it couldnt get certain files from the disk, since it wasnt in the best condition, half way thru it failed cause the disk was just too scratched. then it restarted, leaving windows half installed. i then made a new disk to use, and tried again but when i did it came up sayin i already have windows installed, so i reformatted the drive, but whenever its finished and then when i try to install windows it still says i already have an operating system, which i shouldnt! ive tried refortmatting it many times, and this still happens. even if i chose to install windows anyway without reformatting it still goes thru the screen that prepares to install windows and gets all the files from the disk, but then once thats done and should take me to the setup page like it normally does it goes back to the begining.
im on my dads laptop right now and ive been tryin to fix my pc for about a week now and i cant afford to take it to a repair store at the momment, and id rather figure out how to do it myself anyway. its windows xp professional im trying to install.
anyone had similar problems? how can i fix this? please help!
ive tried a few different instalation disks to make sure its not the cd, which it isnt
as for the hard drive i removed, it wont even let me format it or install windows, it just goes to the safe mode option screen when i put have the disk in, then restarts like it did before.
im doing everything right, ive reinstalled windows xp many times and its never done anything like this.
with the original hard drive, its nothing to do with not selecting them quick enough, no matter which option i choose it comes up with all this shit then restarts and does the same, ive tried like 50 times and it seriously wont work, wont even let me format it.
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