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XP Install (and 2k3) gets stuck at 57%

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kayson

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Jan 5, 2005
My friend's dad has a laptop that is broken. The OS was corrupted somehow because I keep getting the message "Could not find Operating System". I tried to reinstall XP, but it gets stuck at 57%. I busted out my old 2k3 disc, and that won't install either. It also gets stuck at 57%. Apparently he replaced the drive. Whats the problem?
 
i just went through this nightmare to get pics back.

i took one stick of ram out and left just 1 in the rig and the install went fine. didnt make any sence because i ram both sticks afterwards and both tested perfect. i did have the vidcard overclocked and i found out that pressing ctrl while booting may have bypassed the whole mess who knows its windows for ya.
 
Run some diags and a surface scan on the hard drive if you can. I've seen this before, and a dying hard drive was the culprit.
 
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