Problem installing Windows XP Pro/Windows Media Center Edition

A few years ago, I built a system which consists of MS Windows Media Center Edition.  Recently, the hard drive failed.  I replaced the drive with a 1 TB Seagate Barracuda SATA drive.  Strangely, I can't reinstall MS Windows Media Center.  To clarify... with MS Windows Media Center cd in the drive, the installation went well.  The hard drive has been formatted and that the CD-ROM files have been hard disk messages were present.  The next step was a reboot by MS Windows cd.  This is where the installation fails. After the reboot, the Windows XP splash screen came as if the program Windows opened on your desktop.  At halfway through the splash screen, the system restarts.  Reboot forever more.  I don't know what is happening. Anyone?

Test your player - create a Bootable CD:
Ranging from 5 to 25% (depending on the make and model) new hard disks are defective.

If you have a new hard drive Seagate the very next thing would be to download Seagate Seatools
(bootable CD) and check bad sectors.
SeaTools for information: http://www.seagate.com/support/downloads/seatools/
SeaTools for Windows download: http://www.seagate.com/support/internal-hard-drives/enterprise-hard-drives/saturn/seatools-win-master/
SeaTools for DOS download:
http://www.Seagate.com/support/internal-hard-drives/consumer-electronics/LD25-series/SeaTools-DOS-master/

HD Tune:
Provides information of the car and has an option (tab scan error) to test your drive.
http://www.hdtune.com/

SpeedFan:
Monitors internal temperatures and has a function of analysis health online (SMART tab) for hard disks drive.
It displays your drives model number and compares your drive with other discs of the same brand and model.
http://www.almico.com/SpeedFan.php

J W Stuart: http://www.pagestart.com

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