I'm working on a friend's home built PC:
900mhz AMD processor
20GB Western Digital EIDE Harddrive
256mb RAM
ACER CD-R/W drive
3dfx Graphics Card?
standard mouse and keyboard
History:
Boot after Hurricane Frances caused PC to go into CHKDSK. Hung on Phase 2
never going beyond 8% complete. If CHKDSK was skipped, once Windows XP loaded, PC would restart.
Currently attempting clean install of Windows XP (had been running successfully on Windows XP prior to this mess -- no new hardware, software or drivers installed in past several months). Initally got blue screen of death with a stop error during "Installing Windows" phase. Removed all peripheral hardware that wasn't needed and swapped out RAM. I am now able to get to the point where I'm prompted for Reginal settings and user name; however, when I get to the screen to enter a computer name and administrator password, the mouse and keyboard freeze. The mouse does appear to be fuctional prior to this point.
I'm at a loss as to where to go from here. Any suggestions?
900mhz AMD processor
20GB Western Digital EIDE Harddrive
256mb RAM
ACER CD-R/W drive
3dfx Graphics Card?
standard mouse and keyboard
History:
Boot after Hurricane Frances caused PC to go into CHKDSK. Hung on Phase 2
never going beyond 8% complete. If CHKDSK was skipped, once Windows XP loaded, PC would restart.
Currently attempting clean install of Windows XP (had been running successfully on Windows XP prior to this mess -- no new hardware, software or drivers installed in past several months). Initally got blue screen of death with a stop error during "Installing Windows" phase. Removed all peripheral hardware that wasn't needed and swapped out RAM. I am now able to get to the point where I'm prompted for Reginal settings and user name; however, when I get to the screen to enter a computer name and administrator password, the mouse and keyboard freeze. The mouse does appear to be fuctional prior to this point.
I'm at a loss as to where to go from here. Any suggestions?