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HDD worked in another PC. the Ram switch doesn't fix the issue... the PC is like 10 years old ssooo I'm assuming dead somewhere. Looks like I'll just have to buy a new one. Thanks for the help!

K, I'll try that and let you know tomm if it works. Thanks for the help!

No, I don't have another video card to test with :/ Would a video card really make a difference though?

No not yet. What are the components that would make it fail? Hard drive, ram, and possibly a cd drive? Not the vid card right? It may be possible that the new hard drive i bought today is also DOA...

She gave me the windows recovery disk that came with it. That's the one I initially used. I was able to use my Windows Vista CD. It's managed to be stuck on "Expanding files (0%). I'm starting to think it's a hardware issue now...

Should I try Windows Vista instead of XP? Haven't tried that yet...

I was able to put the CD in the computers Internal CD drive. Still does the same thing

Ya it's at the initial setup. So it hasn't been installed net. It does have a CD drive but it didnt recognize the windows CD when I put it in, so I don't think it works. It's my Aunts PC, sooooo i'm not really sure what works. I'll see if i can get it to recognize it now.

I spam F8 and it doesn't go into safe mode. Even if windows is not installed will it even boot into safe mode? Maybe there is a different key for an HP to boot into safe mode, not sure what it is. I'll try and find it. Thanks for the help so far.

Also, I am using an external USB CD-ROM drive to install the windows. Again it worked fine on the last PC. and this one it worked in terms of recognizing the windows CD to reformat.

I just tried removing one of the RAM at a time, that didn't work either

yes

This is exactly what happens.... except it doesn't go to a black screen it goes to the same color as the background of the setup, teal blue http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmSlxs4Ia5Q (not me in the video btw, just the same issue)

Hello all, My aunt asked me if I could do a fresh install on 2 older PC's that she had because they were both basically filled with spyware and such. So I decided to take them and do a fresh install. The 1st computer was a breeze(the longest part was reformatting the hard drive). Then I got...

Thx for the help everyone. I'll be getting a new PSU this weekend.