i tried this, but it gets stuck in the same place
i am able to disconnect the drive.
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i tried this, but it gets stuck in the same place
i am able to disconnect the drive.
Hi,
After a bit of searching i came across this:
Go here for a boot disk for any windows system and just get the 98 one:Quote:
Firstly is the XP Cd a knock copy? If so dont despair, if not you can try this way anyway, if you have an old Win98 boot disk, load the boot disk with CD Rom support and bring up the CD drive directory under DOS, then bring up the directory I386, then type WINNT, bingo no boot disk required :)
http://freepctech.com/pc/002/files010.shtml
But also i came across a lot of people getting this error when they added or changed RAM in the system. Did the system origionally work, and have you added or changed the RAM at all?
no it was working fine with win 2000 but it got corrupted.
OK ..
Problem could be one of two things..
Bad Memory.. If more than one memory module.. remove one.. (incompatable modules will cause random errors, as well as give almost consistant errors during the format for the XP install_ XP is memory Pig)
Bad sector on the HDD.. this couild explain your corrupted Win2k.. .. you will need a HDD manufacturers HDD tool to Check for this problem: ie SEATOOLS from Seagate.. (my weapon of choice is HDD Regenerator slow.. but I have a 90% hdd recovery, oh and 80% OS recovery)
Sounds like you have a Dell laptop and the D: drive is merely a recovery partition (which is always kept in FAT32 format with unusual partition marker so you cannot get into it.)
Is this right?
How you can tell is; If you have a D: drive(which is not a CD drive) but don't know how it got there AND you've never saved files there, then it is a manufacturer recovery partition.
If so, you should have recovery disks from Dell or the manufacturer who made the laptop. The recovery disk work with the recovery partition to get your computer back to a condition resembling the day you received it.
Realize that you might not have all the skills and knowledge necessary to get your laptop reinstalled properly and that the following instructions are merely a start.
My best advice is to find a reputable computer/laptop repair shop/guy.
About the error message: If you mean you were doing a repair install, it would seem the setup is too badly damaged to repair. I've encountered this problem before.
First, ensure your CD's are CLEAN and not severely scratched.
If you need to clean them, rinse them with cool running water, soap up your hands with good ol' liquid hand soap, give them a *gentle* cleaning and rinse with cool running water with a gentle but complete towel dry. (No, you cannot hurt the CDs this way as the bottom of them is polycarbonate plastic, although the tops of the CD are more delicate.) [The advertised way for cleaning CDs is wiping the CD bottom with rubbing alcohol in multiple single strokes starting from the center of the CD and working outwards, similar to spokes in a wheel. But I found this method, after 10 years, isn't any safer or cleaner than good 'ol liquid hand soap and water.]
The next step would be a clean install as follows:
*NOTE: the information below assumes you have a retail XP CD. If you have a manufacturer's CD, the information below likely doesn't apply and you'd need to follow their recovery routine.
*FURTHER NOTE: The following instructions will wipe out all your existing data, so have a backup of your important data files.
Assuming your system is set to boot from the CD ROM drive, boot with the XP CD in the drive. If it isn't or you are not sure, you need to enter the system's BIOS. When you boot the system, the first screen usually has instructions that if you wish to enter setup press a specific key, when you see that, do so. Then you will have to navigate to the boot sequence, if the CD-ROM drive is not first line, set it first in the boot sequence. Save your settings and exit with the XP CD in the drive. The system will reboot.
A few screens into the boot process, if you see the message on the boot
screen to "Press any key in order to boot from the CD," do so.
After loading drivers and files, you should be taken to a screen with
the following:
To Setup Windows XP now, press ENTER.
To Repair a Windows XP Installation using Recovery Console press R.
To Quit setup without installing Windows XP, press F3.
In your case, press ENTER.
Agree to the License agreement by pressing F8.
You will then be taken to a screen with two options.
To repair the selected Windows XP installation press R.
To continue installing a fresh copy of Windows XP without repairing,
press ESC.
This will bring you to a partition map where you can delete, create and format partitions.
Select the drive you wish to format, delete the partition, then create a new partition, format as NTFS (do NOT use the quick format feature) and continue with XP installation.
Again, if this seems difficult, take the laptop to a computer person.
Well it's clear isn't it..You need to checkout setup.c line 5091Quote:
The file ntfs.sys caused an unexpected error (32768) at on line 5091 in d:\ xpclient\base\boot\setup\setup.c.
Oh wait.. Windows is closed source.. You can't..
Microsoft binds you with their binary powers..
Disclaimer: No Microsoft personell were harmed in the creation of this post.
Greeting's
If you have a dell laptop there is a CD called the application's CD, when you start the laptop press F12 (default) and bring the boot menu. Choose your CD drive. Then you'll have a software that will load up Dell's hardware diagnostic software. Once the software is loaded you can choose memory to have the software test your RAM. You can also run a diagnostic test on any hardware component of your computer. This is just to eliminate Hardware failure.
Best of luck.
Thanks guys, for so many good advices....
Und3ertak3r, i have an old laptop my father used to use... it was not used since a long time... when i opened it after many months and tried accessing internet there were lots of unexpected sites getting opened.. it seemed to be a case of spammers.... now i quarantined and deleted a lot.. scanned using ad-aware SE edition.... but now i want to change the OS from win 2K to win XP... win 2K is usable but the risk is still there....
ZT3000, I am able to reach till the step where the files starts loading, but it stucks at a point where FAT file system is getting scanned.
ByTeWrangler, its a Dell laptop.
The risk is there in XP too. Although the firewall feature is easier to use.Quote:
but now i want to change the OS from win 2K to win XP... win 2K is usable but the risk is still there....
Are you speaking of a point *prior* to giving you the option to fully format the drive?Quote:
ZT3000, I am able to reach till the step where the files starts loading, but it stucks at a point where FAT file system is getting scanned.
If so, you need to test the machine's memory, as stated above, using a bootable floppy.
You do have a floppy drive on that laptop, don't you?
I would use another computer to download and extract the software: http://www.memtest.org/download/1.65....65.floppy.zip
Extract all the files, insert a floppy drive in the computer and run the "install.bat" file.
When it prompts you for a drive, enter: A:
After it's done writing the floppy, insert floppy in laptop and reboot. If the laptop is set to boot from floppy, the memory program will start and test automatically. All you do is watch for RED colored errors until 2 passes are completed.
If you have bad memory, well...
If the memory tests okay, let me know exactly where the install is hanging up AND what kind of CDs you are using. Exactly where did you get these XP CD's?
If you got them from another computer, it's probably an OEM branded copy of Windows which may not install on your computer.
Greeting's
If your laptop is under warranty then you have lot of options but first run the diagnostics from the dell's application's CD
very true if its an OEM version it will not install on other computer. I think you should run the hardware diagnostic to rule it out. To be frank I don't think its a hardware problem but just run it and get back with the error codes the software give you I have a dell too so I can check them out too. Dell in India will route its support through Wipro so if you know some one in Wipro in the state where you live its going to be very easy.Quote:
it's probably an OEM branded copy of Windows which may not install on your computer.