Hello,
First of all, thanks in advance for any help.
I have a Dell Latitude D531 laptop with an AMD X2 2.0 ghz processor, integrated graphics, and 2 gigs of ram. I bought it in 2008, and all the hardware is factory original.
I started having some major registry issues that wouldn't go away in safe mode, so I decided to do a recovery install of XP using the the CD that shipped with the system. The problem is that the recovery install won't finish due to a 0x7e BSOD that pops up during installation. I'm going to check the ram using Memtest86 later today or tomorrow, but I don't think it's preventing the installation from going through. The BSOD usually pops up after the devices are installed, and the system error log indicates a lot Flash Macromedia errors and "security" installation failures (whatever that means).
I'd like to do a clean install, but every time I turn on the computer, it restarts midway through the repair installation (in the part that looks similar to XP Safe Mode). How do I stop the installation and get back to Setup so I can do a clean install?
Thanks so much!
First of all, thanks in advance for any help.
I have a Dell Latitude D531 laptop with an AMD X2 2.0 ghz processor, integrated graphics, and 2 gigs of ram. I bought it in 2008, and all the hardware is factory original.
I started having some major registry issues that wouldn't go away in safe mode, so I decided to do a recovery install of XP using the the CD that shipped with the system. The problem is that the recovery install won't finish due to a 0x7e BSOD that pops up during installation. I'm going to check the ram using Memtest86 later today or tomorrow, but I don't think it's preventing the installation from going through. The BSOD usually pops up after the devices are installed, and the system error log indicates a lot Flash Macromedia errors and "security" installation failures (whatever that means).
I'd like to do a clean install, but every time I turn on the computer, it restarts midway through the repair installation (in the part that looks similar to XP Safe Mode). How do I stop the installation and get back to Setup so I can do a clean install?
Thanks so much!