[abcdefault]

A few days ago, when booting up my computer, it got stuck at the "Windows is starting up..." screen, and wouldn't advance past that. I tried to run the tests in setup and such. and all of them passed. I decieded to just try and reinstall windows XP with the operating system CD. However, my stock disc drive is broken, so I bought a new CD-DVD drive. I installed it, and it seems to work fine, but when I boot the computer up it does not go to the Windows XP setup screen. Is there a problem because I haven't installed a driver for the CD drive? Help would be appreciated, I really need to get the computer working.

[jcortes]

what does it do since it doesnt boot to setup screen?

[abcdefault]

it boots all the way up to the "windows is starting up..." screen, and then freezes. It acts as if the disc isnt in at all.

[talldude123]

The disc might be scratched. Try another CD-ROM drive or a disc cleaner.

[jcortes]

oh i c what your saying when booting off the OS cd. ok just check the disk for scratches and if that doesnt help try a new cd drive and test the one you have now in another system before trashing it.