Cant reinstall XP pro...help

Ok ...last night I tried to install dx9.0 ..I know its beta but I didnt mind if I had to format but now im regreting it BIG time...I can boot to cd rom and get to the point where it starts the format and it freezes does nothing ...restarted it a few times and I went to sleep and seems like it went through format but freezed at the copying files screen... I dunno what to do please help...I was gona try a 98 disk to format but my work puter is askn for the 98 disk and I dont have it here ...can I download it?

 

 
It seems unlikely, to me anyway, that DX9 has much to do with this.

In any case, download this file and put it on a Win98/ME boot disk. It is a program to delete partitions that has a simple GUI for those who like that convenience. It will remove even the most stubborn partitions and you can then try reinstalling with a clean drive.

http://russelltexas.com/delpart.htm

 

well I just tried a data lifeguards floppy that came with hard drive and it just goes to black screen that says Press a key to reboot...
I tried the same disk on another work puter and it works..


actually I just pulled the CMOS battery out to clear it and now it boots to the data life guards boot disk and im writting zeros to drive...think that might have done it ..when its done ill try to install xp from cd hope that works

 

ok wrote zeros to drive and went to install and got to the point of copying files and it froze at 14% ...no activity for 15 min's but HD light is stuck on....

 

 
You mention the word "reinstall ". So did you yourself successfully install XP from the same CD as you are using now?

Try a different graphics card, if available, until the reinstallation is done. Then return yours.

Try to be sure all is the same as when you succeeded last time to see if that helps.

Check all your connections and be sure memory and boards are well-seated in their slots (even if they LOOK fine, it doesn't hurt to slide them out and back in to be sure).

There is a BIOS update (1011) available for that board, too:
http://download.asus.com.tw/mb_dl_menu.asp?l1=1&l2=10&l3=13&mid=1

If you have a UDMA cable for your HD, be sure it is enabled in BIOS. And the opposite is true, too---if you have only the 40-wire cable, be sure UDMA is disabled in BIOS (or PIO enabled).

You might also try removing absolutely all hardware you can for the installation: second drives, printers, etc. that are not necessary. Stick with the minimum you need to have your keyboard, mouse, screen and target installation drive. Then you can try adding the hardware one piece at a time.

An XP boot/installation disk that will get you DOS with smartdrv is here:
http://www.mirrors.org/archived_software/www.bootdisk.com/xpfiles/xpboot.exe

 

Well Ive found the problem its the hard drive ...I had old crumby hd lying around and tried it last night and installed with no problems so gona get new one today..oh and I do have that newer bios sorry thought I updated my sig...thanks for your help

 

 
Just a cooincidence then. They don't go often, but they do go. DX9 may be bad, but it can't be that bad

 

Ya dont think it was dx9 but think ill wait anyway till its official..cant take any more time away from Mechwarrior4 worked out good I went and bought a 60gig for $99 ...the 40gig I had in it cost $129 last year.