My computer has been giving me problems for a long time and finally I decided to just save all the files I wanted and then wipe it out and reinstall XP. Now, as I am reinstalling I am so far not able to get it working again. First of all, in the file loading process, one or two files wouldn't copy and I had to skip them, and on many others I had to retry loading them until they worked. That part of the process is now over. When I start my computer now to complete the installation it gives me the normal XP loading screen, then goes to a blue screen that says something like 'setup is now restarting....' After that, it goes to the dark blue screen and says "...system process terminated unexpectedly...system has been shut down."
I can't do anything beyond this, of course. Is there a way to restart the installation by pressing any button before the loading screen appears? Or is there a way that I might need to manually erase my harddrive to start over?
The reason I wanted to start from scratch again is because the computer was unreliable and shut down randomly (not a real shut down, but a sudden turn off) and, although it seemed to have gotten better recently, my MP3 player when plugged into the USB would freeze the computer quickly. I'm hoping now that if I can get the computer to work again with XP that I can sell it for an okay price and just buy a laptop.
I can't do anything beyond this, of course. Is there a way to restart the installation by pressing any button before the loading screen appears? Or is there a way that I might need to manually erase my harddrive to start over?
The reason I wanted to start from scratch again is because the computer was unreliable and shut down randomly (not a real shut down, but a sudden turn off) and, although it seemed to have gotten better recently, my MP3 player when plugged into the USB would freeze the computer quickly. I'm hoping now that if I can get the computer to work again with XP that I can sell it for an okay price and just buy a laptop.
