BSOD when trying to install XP

[clone63]

Recently got a laptop and want to put XP on it. It's an HP DV3Z.
After the disc loads all the drivers and such, it BSOD's when it says "Starting to load windows"
Nothing gets installed, just crashes. Recommends to remove any newly installed HDD's or HDD controllers. SO I started a sector scan with HD Tune and it was scanning at ranges of 4-22mb a second. Achingly slow. Rather than wait 3 hours I put in a different blank hdd I had, and again it BSOD'd at same spot. SO now I'm trying a Vista install on the new drive to see what scan speed I get to make sure the controller isn't bunged up. Other than that I have NO ideas...

Oh, and I tried 2 copies of Xp discs. Still crashes.

From here all I can think of prep an install on a hdd.

EDIT: Second hdd took Vista and scans 40-60mb/sec. Sounding like old HDD had problems, though why did XP crash on this hdd?

Which XP Service Pack is it?

[Perineum]

Whenever a computer does something that doesn't make sense it warrants one pass of memtest86, in my opinion.....

[clone63]

That original "slow" hdd scans at ranges of 30-60mb/sec in my tower. So we'll check the sectors anyway..
Service pack 2
Will run memtest tonight hopefully, if not tomorrow.

[clone63]

Passed a round of memtest. Tried doing an install of XP through my tower, but says no boot device in the laptop with that hdd. Out of ideas.

[ilya]

I see this problem a lot, 9/10 times it's a SATA thing. Either you didn't slipstream the right drivers onto your XP CD or Windows won't install if your SATA devices are plugged into a certain SATA plug. (including the optical drive)

[clone63]

It's a laptop, there are no plugs.
Or do you mean the prep install? It loads on the tower, just not in the laptop.

[KaptCrunch]

other is HP uses Recovery Partition this why your getting errors on HDD, need to make a drivers disk for your hardware then format all partitions, then install OS

[KeepSix]

Originally Posted by KaptCrunch

other is HP uses Recovery Partition this why your getting errors on HDD, need to make a drivers disk for your hardware then format all partitions, then install OS

What he said. And I won't bore you with my "they should just give me the freaking install CDs and leave my HDD alone" rant.

[mo' power]

I usually use UBCD (ultimate boot cd) to wipe the drive then proceed with the OS install.