[Ham-Computers] Sick 'Pooter'

[Gene]

I have a machine with a problem that I have NEVER run into before:

Have re-formatted HDD several times using either Maxtor install disk or
Windows (fdisk, sys, etc.) and every time I try to install ANY version of
Widows (95 to XP) it starts the install ok and then goes into "Copying files
needed for windows setup and then it quits! (Locks up)

The machine will boot normally to the C drive and a dir shows command.com
io.sys, etc.
I can load any other DOS-based program, but not windows.

I have held the family cat over the machine  (CAT SCAN) and have had the big
black family dog look it over several times (LAB TESTS) and still nothing.

The machine appears to work OK except for the installation of windows.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance,
Gene, WØQFC
Spring Hill, FL