[laptop-discuss] Tecra 8100 problem loading Windows XP

[James C. McPherson]

Ronald Mariani wrote:
> Hello, I am new to this forum. I was given a Toshiba Tecra 8100 by a
> friend. In nice condition. It is a Pentium III, 500MHZ, 256Megs of
> RAM and a 12 Gigobyte Hard Drive. It was running Windows 2000, but
> seemed sluggish, The hard drive was more than half full with Video
> Games and such. I decided to clean install Windows XP-PRO. It booted
> from the CD, Formatted the Hard Drive, Loaded all files and prepared
> for installation.It rebooted and began to install. A little more than
> half way into the install, the laptop froze. After a few minutes, I
> shut the laptop down and restarted. It bagan to install again, then
> froze in exactly the same place. I've installed XP several times and
> never had this problem. Anyone have any suggestions? Thank You!


Ronald,
this forum is for people who want to run OpenSolaris on their laptops.

I suggest that you look at one of the many MS-Windows help sites on
the web, including Microsoft's. You can find these by using google.com
to search for relevant information.


James C. McPherson