unable to install os

[abhishek_734]

ON A SYSTEM HAVING 40 GB HD,INTEL 810 MB,CELERON 533 MHZ ;I AM UNABLE TO INSTALL WIN 98 OR XP.IN BETWEEN THE INSTALLATOIN,A MESSAGE "STOP"COMES AND INSTALLER EXITS.THIS HAPPENS AFTER C DRIVE IS FORMATTED AND SOME FILES ARE COPIED.I CAN INSTALL OS ON OTHER SYSTEM USING SAME CD WELL.EARLIER I HAD WIN 98 ON THAT SYSTEM WHICH GOT CORRUPT AND I FORMATTED MY HD USING FDISK.HOW CAN I INSTALL THE OS.

[praka123]

try any linuxdistros and see

[nach p]

If your cd media is well then maybe u may have problem in HDD.Have u checked it for any errors or bad sectors.Or try partitioning your HDD.
Have u tried to install any other OS.

[abhishek_734]

i repartitoned my hd but same problems.i had checked it till now on win 98,win xp,win xp sp2.even i set all the bios settings to default but problem is not solved.

[hafees]

It may be because of ur BIOS preventing MBR (Master boot record) modification. Try disabling settings similar to 'Virus protection' in the bios setup. It may be enabled by default.